Flight.vc
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 8, 2016 by Gil Penchina · across every show →
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Feb 8, 2016
Founders and executives make up 30% of Flight.vc syndicate investors
“Yeah, I'd say about 30% are in a entrepreneurial venture. They're either a founder or, Executive at an early stage company. Another 30 or 40% are more broadly working in technology, whether that's, you know, IBM and Accenture or Dell or, you know, bigger compa…”
Feb 8, 2016
Feb 8, 2016
Flight.vc operates 25 AngelList syndicates across verticals and regions
“Flight is just a umbrella name for the now 25 syndicates we run ranging from You know, the SaaS syndicate to the fintech syndicate to the IOT syndicate. We then branched out and launched syndicates in the UK and Germany and Israel and Canada”
Feb 8, 2016 bullish
Feb 8, 2016 bullish
Gil Penchina: Flight.vc aims to become a mainstream consumer retirement platform
“My dream is that we'd be buying a 32nd ad on your show talking about our family of funds, and, you know, we'd have, you know, ads in a magazine just like Fidelity and Vanguard do, and we would become one of those places where consumers invest to, help them, he…”
Feb 8, 2016 positive
Flight.vc secures pro rata rights in 80% to 90% of deals
“So I would say we insist on it to a point, and probably 80 or 90% of our deals at Perrada would be my guess, but we're also not rule-driven, inflexible bureaucrats, so if there's a reason why it doesn't make sense, you know, we'll work through it with people.”
Feb 8, 2016 neutral