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Seed to Harvest
🎙️ Seed to Harvest | Stories from Technical Storytellers
Welcome to Seed to Harvest, the podcast by Behind Genius Ventures.
We talk to early-stage founders, operators, and investors—people building with code and conviction. Each episode is a chapter in their story: from the messy beginnings to the quiet pivots, from planting ideas to growing companies that matter.
Expect:
🌱 Honest conversations on the earliest chapters of company-building
🧠 Tactical insights from technical minds with narrative soul
✨ Reflections on resilience, rituals, and reinventing what’s possible
This podcast is for the builders who think in frameworks and metaphors. The ones who whiteboard in wild places. The ones writing their own mythologies—one commit, pitch, or poem at a time.
From spark to story.
From seed to harvest. 🌾
Seed to Harvest
Cendana Partner Kelli Fontaine on Why Cendana Invested in Behind Genius Ventures, Capital Call Line of Credits, Supporting Solo GPs, and What Makes A Memorable Annual Meeting | Seed To Harvest Ep48
Today, I’m joined by Kelli Fontaine, Partner at Cendana Capital who previously served as Director for Trinity Capital Investment. Cendana Capital invests globally in very early stage funds, and now manages over $2.2B. They are our anchor investor for Fund 2, and I could not be more excited to have Kelli on the show today.
Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.
Connect with Paige🌱💜
Website | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/
Blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/blog
Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn
Tiktok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seedtoharvest
00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Kelli Fontaine
04:42 Why Cendana chose to partner with BGV
10:33 How Kelli's role has evolved as Cendana has grown
15:44 What stands out to Kelli in initial meetings with managers?
21:58 Seed stage venture firms evolving in the next 10 years
Show notes:
Kelli Fontaine | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellitrent
Cendana Capital | https://www.cendanacapital.com/
Michael Kim | https://twitter.com/mkrocks?lang=en
Trinity Capital | https://trinitycap.com/
Medium Article by Silicon Foundry | https://sifoundry.medium.com/seed-investing-macrotrends-an-interview-with-kelli-fontaine-from-cendana-capital-3781d1a31471
Graham Pingree | https://twitter.com/gpingree?lang=en