27 Best California Startup Podcasts

1. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

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Each week, experienced entrepreneurs and innovators come to Stanford University to candidly share lessons they've learned while developing, launching and scaling disruptive ideas. The Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series (ETL) is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) and published on eCorner by STVP.more Host Ravi Belani
Producer/Network Stanford eCorner
Email ****@stanford.edu
Location Stanford, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Elizabeth Weil, Tracy Chou +13 more
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1KTwitter 16.8K Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Since Apr 2005 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Pattern Breakers

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Host Mike Maples Jr. from venture capital firm Floodgate offers lessons from the rare startup super performers — BEFORE they were successful. Pattern Breakers features interviews with some of Silicon Valley's most legendary entrepreneurs and thought leaders, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger, business maverick Mark Cuban, and Shopify co-founder Tobi Lütke.more Host Mike Maples Jr
Producer/Network Floodgate
Email ****@floodgate.com
Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests James Beshara, Immad Akhund +10 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 643 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Since Nov 2019 Get Email Contact

3. Y Combinator Startup Podcast

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We help founders make something people want. The Y Combinator Podcast is where builders talk about building. From the earliest days of an idea to scaling a company that changes the world, YC partners and founders share real stories, lessons, and tactics from the frontlines.more Host Craig Cannon
Producer/Network Y Combinator
Email ****@craigc.org
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Demis Hassabis, Amjad Masad +22 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 569Facebook 127.2KTwitter 1.6MInstagram 673.9K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Equity

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The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That's why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital.Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.more Hosts Mary Ann Azevedo, Rebecca Bellan, Alex Wilhelm, Kirsten Korosec, Kell, Theresa Loconsolo, Devin Coldewey, Margaux MacColl
Producer/Network TechCrunch
Email ****@techcrunch.com
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Jill Chase, Kanu Gulati +5 more
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 510 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2017 Get Email Contact

5. Consumer VC

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Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place. Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription...more Host Mike Gelb
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Michelle Razavi, Krishna Kalyan +7 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 305Facebook 100Twitter 1.1KInstagram 421 Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Funded | How They Raised Millions

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The tech media loves a splashy funding announcement - millions of dollars injected into a hot startup primed to become a unicorn. But what about the work behind those headlines? Host Jason Yeh, a former VC and venture-backed startup founder, talks with entrepreneurs about how they raised the capital to launch world-changing startups. Their conversations uncover incredible stories including cautionary tales, inspirational memories, and even some insightful tips. Keep up with us on social @fundedpod to learn more.more Host Jason Yeh
Email ****@fundedpod.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Mohak Nahta, Jackson Schultz +3 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 131Facebook 26Twitter 457Instagram 273 Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact

7. The Sure Shot Entrepreneur

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Successful entrepreneurs begin with the support of a few #earlybelievers. Gopi Rangan, founding partner at Sure Ventures, interviews venture capital investors in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Guests share insider stories on how they invest in early stage startups. Do you want to learn from real-life challenges, inspiring missions and important decisions by CEOs, founders, VCs, angels, and advisors? Listen to https://podcast.sure.ventures.more Producer/Network Gopi Rangan
Email ****@sure.ventures
Location Bay Area, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Ian Sandler, Gilad Shai +19 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 75 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. WeAreLATech Los Angeles Startups Podcast, hosted by Espree Devora

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WeAreLATech spotlights startups fueling this city to become a top destination for tech and innovation, we feature Los Angeles startups, investors and Los Angeles Tech influencers on our weekly podcast.WeAreLATech is the 1st Podcast Focused on LA Tech Startups. It's produced and hosted by Espree Devora born and raised LA, recently featured as top 30 women in tech to follow by Inc Magazine. We are a family. Created by LA Tech for LA Tech.more Host Espree Devora
Producer/Network Espree Devora, Espree Devora, spotlighting Silicon Beach tech companies
Email ****@wearelatech.com
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 71Facebook 1.6KTwitter 8.6KInstagram 30.3K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. Startup Success: A Podcast for Founders & Investors

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On Startup Success, we discuss what's working right now for scaling founders and investors... You'll hear interviews with founders and investors who have compelling stories to share, new trends, and conversations from thought leaders and experts who have walked the walk. Each episode will dig into a crucial area of startup success: finance, entrepreneurship, fundraising, hiring, marketing, sales, and operations to help your startup or portfolio company scale.more Producer/Network Burkland
Email ****@burklandassociates.com
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Tony Jamous, Hadi Moussa +27 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 61 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Build Mode

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On Build Mode, TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield Editor Isabelle Johannessen cuts through the startup mythology to uncover how founders survive the brutal early days, navigate impossible funding landscapes, and somehow keep their companies — and sanity—  intact. Each season, Isabelle is joined by founders, investors, and operators to dig into specific aspects of the startup journey, from creative go to market strategies to founder mental health. The interviews are full of candid startup wisdom—think cap table drama, co-founder breakups, and pivot panic...more Hosts Rebecca Szuktak, Dominic-Madori Davis
Email ****@techcrunch.com
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 36 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. TechCrunch Startup News

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Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
Producer/Network TechCrunch
Email ****@techcrunch.com
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 34 Avg Length 8 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

12. Fund/Build/Scale

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After working for years in early-stage startups and as a journalist, here are three hard truths I've learned: 1. Success in Silicon Valley hinges on connections, hard work and luck. 2. Startups often fail because founders lack fundamental business knowledge. 3. Real, actionable advice comes from those who've actually done it. There's no such thing as 'founder DNA.' If you're willing to take on risk and invest years of your life in something that has maybe a 10% chance of paying off — less if you're a woman or person of color — you can be a startup founder...more Producer/Network Walter Thompson
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Isaac Saul Kassab, Sheena Jindal +25 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 29 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Sand Hill Road

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What makes Silicon Valley the innovation capital of the world? It all starts on Sand Hill Road, considered the mecca of venture capital. Join us for insightful interviews from the heart of Silicon Valley with the VCs, start-ups and innovators behind the trending technologies of tomorrow. Hosted by NBC Bay Area business and technology reporter and host of Press:Here, Scott McGrew.more Location Menlo Park, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Reviews 101 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

14. Lab to Startup

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Hundreds of thousands of researchers around the world are working to improve life and address imminent threats to humanity. Often, the research ends up in the 'Scientific valley of death' in the form of publications and patents that never see the light of the day. Welcome to 'Lab to Startup' a podcast aimed at showcasing the effort needed to translate lab research to startups. The show has two main goals: 1. Sharing the stories of those scientists and engineers who have successfully founded startups based on the research at university and national labs. 2...more Host Naresh Sunkara
Producer/Network Naresh Sunkara PhD
Email ****@berkeley.edu
Location Berkeley, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Yogev Debbi, Prof Avi Schroeder +14 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Twitter 41 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

15. The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast

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The Startup Tri-Valley Podcast, hosted by i-GATE Innovation Hub  Executive Director Yolanda Fintschenko, PhD, and other co-hosts from the Tri-Valley Startup Ecosystem, features in-depth conversations with the leaders making the Bay Area's Tri-Valley region the go-to ecosystem for science-based startups. Listeners can expect to hear from local founders, investors, and other domain experts whose insight can help science-based companies go from startup to scale.more Hosts Brandon Cardwell, Yolanda Fintschenko
Producer/Network Startup Tri-Valley
Email ****@foundertraction.com
Location Livermore, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Luis Martinez, Brian Wilson +7 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Facebook 76Twitter 101Instagram 246 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. LA Venture

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We talk to Southern California VCs to get to know them, their funds, and their advice for entrepreneurs.Hosted by Minnie Ingersoll from TenOneTen, an LA-based seed fund investing in b2b software.more Host Minnie Ingersoll
Producer/Network TenOneTen
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 167Facebook 62 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Founders In LA

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Welcome to the Founders In LA Podcast with Ethan Cole, PhD where we shine the spotlight through the Product lens on some of the exceptional Startup Founders we have as part of the LA Tech Community in an unedited, one-take organic conversation. New guests each episode share their Startup's purpose, their journey into becoming a Founder, and of course, what's the most 'LA' thing that's happened to them (tech-related or not!).more Host Ethan Cole, PhD
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 23Twitter 21Instagram 130 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Startup Stories

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Get inspired by the startup stories of founders and investors in the UC Davis Student Startup Center community. Learn what got them going and what keeps them motivated. Collect tips to make your startup journey as successful as possible.more Email ****@ucdavis.edu
Location Davis, California, United States
Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

19. Mission Driven

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A conversation about how startups leverage their mission as a competitive advantage. Each episode we talk to entrepreneurs and investors to get to the bottom of what it means to build a business with impact. From personal founder stories of how they got started, to how they overcame challenges in hiring, sales and fundraising and how building a mission-driven company helps you outperform the market. Hosted by Better Ventures in Oakland, CA. Backing mission-driven founders building a better world. Visit us at www.better.vcMusic credit: https://bit.ly/1wwplmore Producer/Network Better Ventures
Email ****@better.vc
Location Oakland, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 23 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

20. This Week in Startups

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Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world's greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.more Host Jason Calacanis
Email ****@calacanis.com
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Ori Goshen, Alex Grant +34 more
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 1.9KFacebook 22.8KTwitter 107.5KInstagram 11 Avg Length 68 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

21. Village Global Podcast

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The Village Global podcast takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors, and tech industry leaders. Learn more at www.villageglobal.vc.more Host Erik Torenberg
Producer/Network Village Global
Email ****@villageglobal.vc
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Parth Patil, Tomer London +21 more
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 174Twitter 18.7KInstagram 4.3K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

22. Pear Healthcare Playbook

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We share stories from trailblazing entrepreneurs and leaders on how to build a healthcare business from 0 to 1.
Host Lipsa Panda
Producer/Network Pear VC
Location Bay Area, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Anirudh Joshi, Jeffery Liu +3 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 72Twitter 443 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

23. The Room Podcast

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Welcome to the Room. A series interviewing your favorite tech founders and funders. Our guests were in the room where it happened and they're sharing their stories.
Producer/Network Claudia Laurie and Madison McIlwain
Email ****@gmail.com
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Jamie Siminoff, Scott Stevenson +27 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 60 Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

24. Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast

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Startup insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the established veterans and up-and-comers who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond. Topics include technology trends, startups, Silicon Valley politics, women in silicon valley and more. Learn the histories of each guest and be enlightened by their area of expertise. New episode released each Tuesday at Noon, Pacific Time.more Location San Francisco, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Andy McLoughlin, Danielle Strachman +17 more
Apple Reviews 30Facebook 533 Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Since Apr 2014 Get Email Contact

25. Tacos and Tech Podcast

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The Tacos and Tech Podcast highlights the builders of companies, technologies, ecosystems with a local flair for our lifestyle as well. risingtidepartners.substack.com
Hosts Neal Bloom, Fred Grier
Producer/Network Neal Bloom
Email ****@gmail.com
Location San Diego, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Ashok Kamal, Paige Craig +13 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 39Twitter 1.1K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

26. No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

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At this moment of inflection in technology, co-hosts Elad Gil and Sarah Guo talk to the world's leading AI engineers, researchers and founders about the biggest questions: How far away is AGI? What markets are at risk for disruption? How will commerce, culture, and society change? What's happening in state-of-the-art in research? 'No Priors' is your guide to the AI revolution. Email feedback to ****@no-priors.com.Sarah Guo is a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an investment firm purpose-built to serve intelligent software, or 'Software..more Hosts Elad Gil, Sarah Guo
Producer/Network Conviction
Email ****@eladgil.com
Location Bay Area, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Alexander Taubman, Tuhin Srivastava +16 more
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 206Twitter 12.6K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

27. Uncapped with Jack Altman

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Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.
Email ****@podpeople.com
Location Bay Area, California, United States
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Bret Taylor, Vinod Khosla +4 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 50 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact