LA Venture

There are so many great founders and VCs moving to LA! Vinay Singh is a Managing Director at Anthemis where he leads seed and Series A investments out of their early stage fund. Vinay tells us that Anthemis is a global investment platform focused on the digital transformation of financial services, investing across all stages of growth.

What are the best ways for a startup to partner with a big corporation?

Beth Kearns from Touchdown Ventures tells about different partnership models, best practices and pitfalls to avoid.

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Word on the street is that more deals have structure. Kareem tells us about structured equity--when it makes sense and who it's right for. Arrowroot is an 8+ year old growth equity firm in LA and Miami on Fund V ($500MM+ invested globally across 28 port cos.) that specializes in structured equity for venture-backed enterprise software companies.

Talking with Jeffrey made me wonder if I need to get a celebrity for our venture fund. Jeffrey had the opportunity to work with Alex and Drew of the Chainsmokers to set up Mantis VC and it sounds like an amazing team.

Jeffrey explains the value that the Chainsmokers are able to bring and how entrepreneurs and funds can best work with celebrity.

Fred is the Chief Innovation and Partnerships officer at Caltech where he oversees the Tech Transfer office and recently set up two new funds : The Caltech Fund and the Wilson and Hill fund.

Why is a Series B pitch so much different than pitching a Series A company? How do growth stage investors think about multiples today?

Mike Fernandez talks about what he is seeing in growth rounds today and the sort of support that is needed for later stage companies.

This is a great explanation of PLG from the guy who coined the term. Blake Bartlett tells us about the different eras of business software and the problems it was built to solve--from solving a CIO's problems, to solving a business problem, to solving an end user problem.