We host the most influential people in the tech space.

Sumit Chauhan
CVP of Microsoft
Erin Egan
CPO of Meta
Jeetu Patel
CPO of Cisco
Matt Madrigal
CTO at Pinterest
Ethan Evans
VP of Amazon
Marvin Chow
VP of Google
Sumit Chauhan
CVP of Microsoft
Sumit Chauhan
CVP of Microsoft
Erin Egan
CPO of Meta
Jeetu Patel
CPO of Cisco
Matt Madrigal
CTO at Pinterest
Ethan Evans
VP of Amazon
Marvin Chow
VP of Google

Companies We’ve Worked With

Microsoft
Dell
LinkedIn
Amazon
Alumni Ventures
Convivialité Ventures
LG NOVA
Various startups
Alumni Ventures
Convivialité Ventures
LG NOVA
Various startups
About me
Hi, I’m Grace

Founder of Smart Venture Media and the host of Smart Venture Podcast and Venture with Grace, a daily show. I’m an angel investor in the AI sector, a super angel, and a venture scout for Alumni Ventures.

I regularly posts about technology, venture capital, and entrepreneurship and I’ve been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance.

What they say about me

Grace was so down to earth and easy to chat with! I came to her with a slightly different topic of conversation but she was super excited to help and provide guidance in any way she could

Kody
July 2024

Grace, you were so well prepared—I really appreciate that. I really respect how much effort you put into crafting a quality product.

Jim McKelvey
Co-Founder, Square

You are the icon online, I’ve been listening to your podcast for a while.

David Cohen
Co-Founder and CEO, Techstars

Grace was a game-changer! She provided invaluable advice on scaling operations and managing my fundraise. Highly recommend connecting with her if you want actionable insights!

Ryan
November 2024

Grace was really helpful and gave really down-to-earth advice and insight! Highly recommend her to anyone who needs help navigating through the challenges of fundraising.

Jason
August 2024

🎙️🎙️ Really fun chatting with Grace Gong on her podcast talking about all things #startups, #investing, and of course #AI!

Vivek Ramaswami
Partner, Madrona

My books

How to be a VC
No.1 New Release in Amazon Venture Capital Category

This book featured exclusive stories with some of the top venture capitalists. How did they raise funds? How did they build up relationships with their peers and entrepreneurs?  How did they discover and invest in some of the most iconic companies?

The last key to success

This book is a short guide for people in their 20’s trying to create a company in America. It includes 21 successful founders. In it, each founder covers about 2 out of the 13 topics below to share their opinions and personal experiences from when they started their own business.