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How Angel Investing Can Benefit Founders and Executives
In this episode, I speak with Jyri Engestrom, an investor and partner at YesVC, about angel vesting. Jyri shares his insights on how to get into angel investing and how it can benefit your career as a founder or executive. We discuss the popularity of angel investing and the platforms that allow investors to deploy small tickets into companies. Jyri emphasizes the importance of building a diversified portfolio, even if you're running your own company. Tune in to learn more about the world of angel investing.
Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast should not be considered as legal, financial, or any other type of advice. We encourage you to seek guidance from qualified professionals and conduct your own research before making any investment decisions.
Highlights:
[00:00:40] Angel investing and career benefits.
[00:04:00] Investing in startups for equity.
[00:09:09] Investing too much in startups.
[00:12:30] Skipping angel investing vintages.
[00:17:10] Angel investing ticket size.
[00:20:04] Legal protection when investing.
[00:24:19] The value of angel investors.
[00:28:05] Private investments and angel investors.
[00:34:37] Cultivating relationships as an investor.
[00:37:06] Investing in competitors for success.
Guest:
Jyri Engeström co-founded Jaiku, a mobile social network acquired by Google, and Ditto, a recommendations app acquired by Groupon. He is an early investor in Unity (NYSE:U), Oura, Iceye and many other companies. Before co-founding Yes VC with Caterina, he was on the investing team at True Ventures (early investors in Peloton, Ring, WordPress and others).
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jyriengestrom/
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Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Tech Trek, and we would appreciate it if you would take a minute to rate and review us on your favorite podcast player.
Want to learn more about us? Head over at https://www.elevano.com
Have questions or want to cover specific topics with our future guests?
Please message me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand)
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In this episode, I speak with Jyri Engestrom, an investor and partner at YesVC, about angel vesting. Jyri shares his insights on how to get into angel investing and how it can benefit your career as a founder or executive. We discuss the popularity of angel investing and the platforms that allow investors to deploy small tickets into companies. Jyri emphasizes the importance of building a diversified portfolio, even if you're running your own company. Tune in to learn more about the world of angel investing.
Disclaimer: The content shared on this podcast should not be considered as legal, financial, or any other type of advice. We encourage you to seek guidance from qualified professionals and conduct your own research before making any investment decisions.
Highlights:
[00:00:40] Angel investing and career benefits.
[00:04:00] Investing in startups for equity.
[00:09:09] Investing too much in startups.
[00:12:30] Skipping angel investing vintages.
[00:17:10] Angel investing ticket size.
[00:20:04] Legal protection when investing.
[00:24:19] The value of angel investors.
[00:28:05] Private investments and angel investors.
[00:34:37] Cultivating relationships as an investor.
[00:37:06] Investing in competitors for success.
Guest:
Jyri Engeström co-founded Jaiku, a mobile social network acquired by Google, and Ditto, a recommendations app acquired by Groupon. He is an early investor in Unity (NYSE:U), Oura, Iceye and many other companies. Before co-founding Yes VC with Caterina, he was on the investing team at True Ventures (early investors in Peloton, Ring, WordPress and others).
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jyriengestrom/
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Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Tech Trek, and we would appreciate it if you would take a minute to rate and review us on your favorite podcast player.
Want to learn more about us? Head over at https://www.elevano.com
Have questions or want to cover specific topics with our future guests?
Please message me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand)
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