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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

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Along the way, a number of the companies I had invested in as an angel investor raised money from VCs. Some were tough experiences for me, like NetGenesis, which was the first angel investment I made. ” One of the VCs I overlapped with while in Boston was Charley Lax. Do you want to help out?”

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How To Raise A $150 Million VC Fund

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Here’s what I remember the conversation being. ” Brad: “Why don’t you raise an angel fund and just invest in them as a seed investor.” Shortly after that conversation (either the same day or the following day) my partners at Foundry Group (Seth, Jason, and Ryan) all committed to invest in the fund.

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