Jed Katz (Managing Director of Javelin Venture Partners) is an entrepreneur and investor, with a portfolio that includes Niantic, and Carbon Health. In this interview he talks about how to best attract early investment and grow new tech startups from pre-launch to the Series A stage.

This podcast is produced by the Founder Institute. We're an idea-stage accelerator that works with solo-entrepreneurs and teams during the earliest stages of their business. In our 3.5 month program, participants build their companies via a structured process, receiving feedback and assistance from successful entrepreneurs and investors. Our alumni join a global network of entrepreneurs and receive ongoing help to get funding and scale. So far, our alumni have raised over $800M in funding, and they're building some of the world's fastest growing companies.