Merchant Banks: Venture’s Next Act with Will Manidis

Before he sold his company to Veradigm, Will Manidis’s Science.io developed an AI model that allowed doctors to translate mountains of medical documents into usable data to improve patient outcomes. Today Will is the SVP of AI at Veradigm, and he sits down with Nick and Beezer to discuss how AI is impacting healthcare, how we can develop health systems with better outcomes, and what the future of venture might look like when compared to traditional merchant banking.


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CHAPTERS:

(0:00) Welcome to Origins

(2:01) Human vs. AI Content (Specifically Podcasts)

(6:18) AI And the Future of Healthcare

(17:55) Is Merchant Banking Venture’s Future?

(25:17) When Does Venture Break?

(32:42) “The Only Thing We Should Care About is the Shape of the Return Curve.”

(37:24) “The Constraint Is No Longer Capital.”

Om Podcasten

Hosted by a General Partner (GP) and a Limited Partner (LP), Origins dives into the venture capital ecosystem to learn how the people behind the money make decisions: How LPs choose VC funds to invest in, what drives performance in venture, the dos and don'ts of fundraising, what founders/entrepreneurs/CEOs need to do to raise a Seed, Series A and beyond, what it takes to go from emerging manager to franchise VC, and the latest private market trends and dynamics shaping the investment ecosystem. Origins is co-hosted by GP Nick Chirls and LP Beezer Clarkson.