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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ho Nam of Altos Ventures (Part 4)
Ho Nam: There are some specific reasons why we like Korea. It’s an interesting overlooked opportunity. There are a lot of VC dollars taking on opportunities in places like China, India, and Israel. No one’s really focused on Korea. It’s only one of six countries in the entire world with a high per capita GDP
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ho Nam of Altos Ventures (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Our philosophy is much more in the former kind of financing. We are very much in the capital-efficient business building with a fundamentals-driven approach. Even if you raise a lot of money, our approach is, you need to do that at the right time with an eye towards the finer fundamentals. Ho Nam:
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ho Nam of Altos Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s switch back to our sweet spot which is the early stage venture game. Series A VCs these days are looking for a million dollar annual run rate and 100% growth rate. If you don’t deliver that, you can’t raise Series A except in very rare exceptions where you have a track record.
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Ho Nam of Altos Ventures (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Ho Nam was recorded in April 2016. Ho Nam, Managing Director at Altos Ventures, makes a clear distinction between capital efficient company building and the “grow at costs in all sorts of unsustainable ways”
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Manu Kumar, Founder And Chief Firestarter, K9 Ventures (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Ravi Bulusu Irina: How many pitches do you receive every month? Manu: It is something that I want to track, but I have not had the time to do it yet. If I were to guess, I would say somewhere around fifty to sixty a month, and that includes
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ho Nam, General Partner, Altos Ventures (Part 7)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Ho: Whenever we turn down companies, they always ask whether we can refer them to other investors. Sometimes the company would be better suited for certain investors who we might know and if there is a fit, we’ll refer them. But in general, we don’t like getting
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ho Nam, General Partner, Altos Ventures (Part 6)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: When they come to you, should they have a complete team? Ho: It is usually two or three people, but we have backed single founders before. Irina: What’s the most important character trait a founder can have that will clinch the deal? Ho: One word that
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ho Nam, General Partner, Altos Ventures (Part 5)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you think about the total available market (TAM) when you invest? Ho: That’s a good question. We talk about that a lot. We do, obviously, like large market opportunities, but we also have the philosophy that it’s really hard to predict what the next giant
