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Lachy genuinely loves to be helpful – even when he has not invested, which cannot be said for everyone. He finds ways to constantly infuse you with energy.

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Lachy genuinely loves to be helpful – even when he has not invested, which cannot be said for everyone. He finds ways to constantly infuse you with energy.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

He was at the very bottom level when Android was being built — from that perspective he's a product veteran. His fund is impressive too, and he's very kind. Super excitable and fun to riff with.

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He was at the very bottom level when Android was being built — from that perspective he's a product veteran. His fund is impressive too, and he's very kind. Super excitable and fun to riff with.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

Alireza is a dream investor (I got him as an investor via cold email too). Not only did he move incredibly quickly after our initial meeting, he had my team and I stay in town while he set up multiple daily meetings with top tier investors. He takes the time to actually sit down and strategize with you. He connects you with all his portfolio companies and partners that can help you in even the slightest way. He is a master strategist, a master networker, and genuine person. Love him!

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Alireza is a dream investor (I got him as an investor via cold email too). Not only did he move incredibly quickly after our initial meeting, he had my team and I stay in town while he set up multiple daily meetings with top tier investors. He takes the time to actually sit down and strategize with you. He connects you with all his portfolio companies and partners that can help you in even the slightest way. He is a master strategist, a master networker, and genuine person. Love him!

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

Jed was an investor in a company I worked for while he was a partner at Owl Ventures. He was the partner assigned to oversee our company, and Owl was the lead investor in the Series A round. The company ultimately floundered and I believe the founder and Jed had a falling out - I don't put that on Jed because the founder was eccentric to a degree that was difficult to work with. As the lead investor, they did supply the company with contacts to facilitate growth, but we failed to execute. The largest problem was a consultant who Owl brought in that ultimately became CEO, this person was fairly disastrous and resulted in declining profitability and employee departures. I met one on one with Jed and he seemed thoughtful, smart, and friendly. He did appear to be stretched fairly thin as he was also stepping in as CEO for a portfolio company at the time. I was a little bit surprised by how seldom we saw Jed and when I met with him it did not seem he was deeply familiar with our business which was surprising since they were our largest stakeholder. Again, it's very possible our management team did not communicate effectively, they were not very competent as well.

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Jed was an investor in a company I worked for while he was a partner at Owl Ventures. He was the partner assigned to oversee our company, and Owl was the lead investor in the Series A round. The company ultimately floundered and I believe the founder and Jed had a falling out - I don't put that on Jed because the founder was eccentric to a degree that was difficult to work with. As the lead investor, they did supply the company with contacts to facilitate growth, but we failed to execute. The largest problem was a consultant who Owl brought in that ultimately became CEO, this person was fairly disastrous and resulted in declining profitability and employee departures. I met one on one with Jed and he seemed thoughtful, smart, and friendly. He did appear to be stretched fairly thin as he was also stepping in as CEO for a portfolio company at the time. I was a little bit surprised by how seldom we saw Jed and when I met with him it did not seem he was deeply familiar with our business which was surprising since they were our largest stakeholder. Again, it's very possible our management team did not communicate effectively, they were not very competent as well.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

Utsav is unprofessional. He has access to AngelList data due to his employment there, which he uses without founder consent. Also, ghosts, cancelled meeting without intimating me.

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Utsav is unprofessional. He has access to AngelList data due to his employment there, which he uses without founder consent. Also, ghosts, cancelled meeting without intimating me.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

Hugues is very pleasant and grounded investor. He is very helpful and makes sure healthy culture and habits are rooted with founders. He is either very hands on or off depends on the founder's preference. Hugues is very attentive and inclusive and cares to build a community of founders within the fund that might help one another.

Founders! We've partnered with MainStreet to help you get the $50K+ you're owed in gov't tax credits.

Onboard using our link and they'll donate $500 to Girls Who Code, a nonprofit working to close the gender gap in tech.

Hugues is very pleasant and grounded investor. He is very helpful and makes sure healthy culture and habits are rooted with founders. He is either very hands on or off depends on the founder's preference. Hugues is very attentive and inclusive and cares to build a community of founders within the fund that might help one another.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

Patty takes an honest interest to all the investing that she does. Starlight's mission to "invest in deep tech that improves the world" seems to be more than just lip service, and she takes a deep dive to try and understand all deep tech she is investigating. Her feedback is honest and diligent, and she does not hesitate to make follow on intros regardless of if she is investing or not.

Founders! We've partnered with MainStreet to help you get the $50K+ you're owed in gov't tax credits.

Onboard using our link and they'll donate $500 to Girls Who Code, a nonprofit working to close the gender gap in tech.

Patty takes an honest interest to all the investing that she does. Starlight's mission to "invest in deep tech that improves the world" seems to be more than just lip service, and she takes a deep dive to try and understand all deep tech she is investigating. Her feedback is honest and diligent, and she does not hesitate to make follow on intros regardless of if she is investing or not.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

More of an underground presence, not super loud. Ask him about the problems he ran into and had to solve as an operator at Stitch Fix.

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More of an underground presence, not super loud. Ask him about the problems he ran into and had to solve as an operator at Stitch Fix.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).

Relatively easy to book, but he's running a small fund where you won't get a definitive decision for awhile. Seems to be the traditional investor type.

Founders! We've partnered with MainStreet to help you get the $50K+ you're owed in gov't tax credits.

Onboard using our link and they'll donate $500 to Girls Who Code, a nonprofit working to close the gender gap in tech.

Relatively easy to book, but he's running a small fund where you won't get a definitive decision for awhile. Seems to be the traditional investor type.

Founders! We've partnered with Ramp to help you:

Save your finance teams 10 hours/week. Close your books faster with Ramp’s accounting software integrations and intelligent spend categorization.

‍Eliminate overspend. Ramp’s current customers are uncovering and cutting an average of $125k/year through our savings reports and automated insights. Don’t leave money on the table.

‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

VC Guide companies receive a $250 SIGNUP BONUS (after $1k in spend).