Adam Besnivick

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May 29, 2023 positive
Insight
Besvinick: Reputation is the only asset investors 100% control
“Reputation is the number one currency as an investor that you have control over. The other one obviously is your track record, but you and I both know that To a certain extent that's out of the investor's control. You know, we can hopefully select great founde…”
Adam Besvinick May 29, 2023 ▶ 1:37 Adam Besnivick: How to Invest in Pre-Seed & Seed Stage Companies; Looking Glass Capital | E1020 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 29, 2023
Assertion Supported
Besvinick broke into VC by persistently cold-emailing Chris Sacca at Lowercase
“Ended up working for Chris Saka and lowercase capital while I was in business school off of a cold email to Chris and then diligently annoying and following up with him until he caved and gave me some work to do basically.”
Adam Besvinick May 29, 2023 ▶ 0:54 Adam Besnivick: How to Invest in Pre-Seed & Seed Stage Companies; Looking Glass Capital | E1020 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 29, 2023
Disclosure
Besvinick: Looking Glass Fund I was $8.5M+ with $300K-$400K checks
“Fund one was a little over eight and a half million dollars, generally investing 300 to 400 K into pre-seed and very early seed rounds.”
Adam Besvinick May 29, 2023 ▶ 6:43 Adam Besnivick: How to Invest in Pre-Seed & Seed Stage Companies; Looking Glass Capital | E1020 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 29, 2023
Insight
Besnivick: $40M–$50M is the minimum fund floor for institutional LPs
“I generally think 40, really 50 is kind of the floor for a lot of those groups.”
Adam Besvinick May 29, 2023 ▶ 12:41 Adam Besnivick: How to Invest in Pre-Seed & Seed Stage Companies; Looking Glass Capital | E1020 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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