Topher Conway

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 13, 2017 by Topher Conway · said 4 times in 4 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Feb 13, 2017
Disclosure
Conway Made His First Angel Investment in Napster in Eighth Grade
“My first angel investment was when I was in eighth grade. It was in a company called Napster.”
Topher Conway Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 3:02 20VC: Why We Are Valuation & Ownership Insensitive, Why We Do Not Take Board Seats & The Effects Of The Series A Crunch with Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner @ SV Angel
Feb 13, 2017
Disclosure
SV Angel Is Valuation and Ownership Insensitive at the Seed Stage
“So we don't really think about it That much at all. Unless it's something totally out of whack or, you know, out of line with where the company is in the founder's background, that's probably the only time that it'll really play into our decision. Other than t…”
Topher Conway Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 16:20 20VC: Why We Are Valuation & Ownership Insensitive, Why We Do Not Take Board Seats & The Effects Of The Series A Crunch with Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner @ SV Angel
Feb 13, 2017 neutral
Insight
Startups Should Wait Until Post-Seed to Construct Formal Boards
“You can always bring on angel investors and advisory board members earlier on in the life cycle of the company, but when it comes to really constructing a board, you know, doing that post series seed going into the series a, you know, that's probably when it's…”
Topher Conway Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 15:42 20VC: Why We Are Valuation & Ownership Insensitive, Why We Do Not Take Board Seats & The Effects Of The Series A Crunch with Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner @ SV Angel
Feb 13, 2017 positive
Opinion
The Series A Crunch Was Overall Healthy for the Startup Ecosystem
“And, you know, one of the byproducts was it really forced companies to focus on their core metrics. What really happened in the, over the last couple of years is, you know, series a investors and B started really focusing on, you know, is this a good business?…”
Topher Conway Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 17:58 20VC: Why We Are Valuation & Ownership Insensitive, Why We Do Not Take Board Seats & The Effects Of The Series A Crunch with Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner @ SV Angel
Feb 13, 2017 neutral
Disclosure
SV Angel Writes $100K–$200K Checks and Never Leads Rounds
“Like I said, our checks are smaller. They're a hundred to 200 K checks. So we rely on all the other investors to participate in the round. We never lead rounds ourselves.”
Topher Conway Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 11:14 20VC: Why We Are Valuation & Ownership Insensitive, Why We Do Not Take Board Seats & The Effects Of The Series A Crunch with Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner @ SV Angel
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