Sramana Mitra: What is your modus operandi? You have a small fund. Are you looking for unicorns? Are you looking for early exits?
Dan Roselli: We know that we will still have a relatively high failure rate. When you look at the failure rate of companies in general, you get less of that in the Series B stage. At the seed stage, you’re still trying to figure out if the company is going to make it.
>>>Sramana Mitra: What does the company need to have by way of proof point to qualify for your funding?
Dan Roselli: I’ll start by saying what’s next and then work backwards. Series A investors want to see about $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue.
>>>Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Dan Roselli was recorded in July 2020.
Dan Roselli is Founder and Managing Partner at CFV Ventures, a North Carolina firm focused on FinTech and InsureTech.
>>>Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Joe Silver was recorded in July 2020.
Joe Silver discusses his firm’s debt-financing model for startups.
>>>Sramana Mitra: The best way to go about this segment is to talk about examples, so talk about two specific examples.
Pamela York: Sugarlogix is one company that we invested in. They are based in the Bay area. The company develops milk sugars which are found in human breast milk. They add that to a formula.
>>>Sramana Mitra: This is Capita3?
Pamela York: Yes, it was formed in 2016. In our first venture fund, we raised just over $1 million in 2018 just to get into the marketplace and start investing. About the time COVID hit, we were due to go out and start raising fund two. We are looking at that right now and understanding when and how to do that.
>>>Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Pamela York was recorded in June 2020.
Pamela York is Founder and CEO, Atasi Ventures, with a special focus on women entrepreneurs in healthcare.
>>>Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Raoul Maier was recorded in July 2020.
Raoul Maier is Founder and Managing Partner at Eudemian Ventures, a fund focused on post-seed investment in North America.
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