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This week on TCT we're joined by @darian314, GP of @GradientVC to discuss how he's built Gradient's reputation as the Tiger Global of early-stage investing by looking closely at B2B founders and their inbound demand metrics.
read the full interview👇
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It's not clear who is going to build banking-as-a-service's version of Twilio.
But what's quite possible is that whoever they are, their main customers won't be fintechs.
Our report on BaaS and a thread 👇 sacra.com/research/banking-a…
We also talked about his views on @AngelList's roll-up vehicle product, allowing founders to bring in more high-quality angels and value-added investors with smaller checks into their round, as well as how this helps B2B companies with their GTM strategy.
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Companies that are dependent on building a community often use a RUV to allow key members and advisors to have skin in the game. This is becoming a core part of the GTM strategy for many startups
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Also, be sure to join the Sacra community so you never miss live Q&A sessions with the likes of Darian, @MacConwell, @abrams, @shl, @mgonto, @hotgirlintech, and other top investors and founders, sign up here: sacra.com/access
new interview with Gonto @mgonto co-founder & GP at @HypergrowthVC is live!
- employee #6 at @auth0 & scaled growth to $100M+ ARR 📈
- co-founded @HypergrowthVC w/ @guillaumecabane 🤜
- scaling B2B & dev tools growth w/ fast-growing @tryramp & @rev 🛠
thecaptable.sacra.com/p/mart…
new interview w/ Mac the VC @MacConwell, managing partner @RarebreedVC is live!
- raising $4.7M across 100+ LPs 💰
- growing from 2.5K to 35,000 twitter followers in 1 yr 📈
- investing in great founders outside of SF @Rebundleco @juno_medical 🌆
👇👇👇
thecaptable.sacra.com/p/mac-…
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A must-read for emerging fund managers from @thecaptable and @MacConwell on the highs and lows of starting a #VC fund. Thank you!
Definitely can relate as someone working on a AUS/NZ #fund!
thecaptable.sacra.com/p/mac-…
new interview w/ @vc , the investor behind @RoamResearch & @LambdaSchool
is live!
- Investing in utopian companies 💰
- Founder mental health 🧘♀️
- Investing like a poker player ♣️
thecaptable.sacra.com/p/jake…
new interview w/ Jason Finger, @Seamless co-founder & chairman at @upper__90 is live!
- hybrid credit-equity financing 📊
- backing 4 🦄’s in his first fund
- Upper90’s new $55M equity fund 💰
- his cap table ‘x’ factor 🔥
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thecaptable.sacra.com/p/jaso…
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💗 this 💣 @thecaptable post with the 🔥@JuliaLipton, quoting the 💪 @annimaniac "The reality is venture capital is only the right financial product for a very small set of companies"
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New interview w/ @JuliaLipton the VC behind @memdotai and @Levels is live!
- Deal flow velocity ⏩
- Awesome People Ventures: how she lives up to the name 🌏
- Decision making framework for vetting decks 🤔
- Her unique cap table advantage 🤝
thecaptable.sacra.com/p/juli…
.@bzises is the D2C pre-launch angel behind @getquip and @drinkhaus
We sat down with him to discuss how his @superangel fund got to a 6.5x MOIC by being a "day zero" investor in D2C companies.
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thecaptable.sacra.com/p/ben-…
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Tiger Global Management—
$431m deals announced this week: 👀
@BRYTER_io: $66m
@Patreon: $155m
@Gupshup: $100m
@RedisLabs: $110m
Are these rookie numbers or what?
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Oh hey, it me!
Thank you, @shamu5noonan & @thecaptable team for asking such great questions. Rock on ✌
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our interview w/ @ChrisHarveyEsq , emerging fund lawyer, is live! Chris reveals the 3 truths in VC, legal tech tools he uses, and more!
he also includes a sample term sheet for a limited partnership agreement
cc: emerging fund managers 👀
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thecaptable.sacra.com/p/chri…
