July 19, 2023

What VCs ACTUALLY mean with Ann Miura-Ko, Founding Partner at Floodgate

"So it used to be "sell 50% of your company for 5 million dollars", and all of a sudden people didn't need that much money

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Ann Miura-Ko, Founding Partner at Floodgate joins the show to talk about

  • Founding a Venture Capital firm in the midst of a financial crisis.
  • How founders should be thinking about their business and communicating to VCs at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages of company building.
  • Why VCs say no and why Floodgate said no to Disco.
  • What VCs actually mean when they say they're "investing in the founder, not the idea".
  • The company that Ann wishes someone would start.
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