Lee Jacobs is a Managing Partner at Edelweiss VC, a mentor at 500 Startups and an incredibly accomplished investor with investments in the likes of Checkr, Numerai, Shyp, Managed by Q and Blue Bottle Coffee. Prior to that he built Angellist’s syndicate investor program, founded several startups, worked for a few funds and also did a stint in real estate investing.

Listen and Learn:

* How Lee made a massive investment in a Brazilian edtech company

* What Lee did wrong with his first VC fund

* Why generalist investors do better

* What were the early days of Angellist like

* How to invest in edtech

* The way Lee looks at every investment opportunity

* How Lee looks at foreign investing

* Why operator VCs are great to have

* Thoughts on the evolution of tech investing

Lee’s Projects:

Lee’s Angellist profile

Edelweiss’ Angellist syndicate

edelweiss.vc

Lee’s Twitter: @leejacobs

Lee Jacobs is a Managing Partner at Edelweiss VC, a mentor at 500 Startups and an incredibly accomplished investor with investments in the likes of Checkr, Numerai, Shyp, Managed by Q and Blue Bottle Coffee. Prior to that he built Angellist’s syndicate investor program, founded several startups, worked for a few funds and also did a stint in real estate investing.

Listen and Learn:

* How Lee made a massive investment in a Brazilian edtech company

* What Lee did wrong with his first VC fund

* Why generalist investors do better

* What were the early days of Angellist like

* How to invest in edtech

* The way Lee looks at every investment opportunity

* How Lee looks at foreign investing

* Why operator VCs are great to have

* Thoughts on the evolution of tech investing

Lee’s Projects:

Lee’s Angellist profile

Edelweiss’ Angellist syndicate

edelweiss.vc

Lee’s Twitter: @leejacobs