In this episode, we hear from Nick Triantos, Venture Partner at Ignition Partners in Part 2 of a 2 part episode. Take a look at our back catalog for Part 1 of the episode – it should be 2 episodes back.

Ignition is a well-known VC firm in the Bay Area that invests in startups at Seed and Series A stages. They’ve had over 60 successful exits and are actively investing out of their fifth fund of $200 million.

Nick discusses:

• How to start thinking about selling your company as a founding team
• The kind of startups that would entice him to invest
• Rules of thumb for figuring out a valuation
• Views on M & A trends in the software industry
• What happens with convertible notes, and
• Where he sees the VC landscape heading in terms of ICOs in the next few years.  

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