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Aug 2024
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E88: Lessons from Investing in 81 Ventur...

David Weisburd
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Dave Neumann, investor at Molten Ventures, sits down with David Weisburd to discuss fund of funds deployment strategies, how GPs should approach fund size and interesting power law data derived from Molten’s 2,500 underlying portfolio companies. (2:08) Identifying successful managers and the prime years of a GP's career (4:00) Common mistakes of GPs (6:45) ... Show More
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