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D 3 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 3 3.30
Q How do you handle deal sourcing? What are your, do you attend demo days? Is it, uh, LinkedIn? Is it referrals?
A What's your primary? Yeah, so the stage at which we're investing, I think, is, is, is in many ways similar to the stage that, uh, that many of the accelerators, um, work with, work with companies. Our, our approach is Is much less formulaic. So, you know, we, we don't have demo day stages, and we don't have batches, and, um, you know, we are a, we're a venture firm, and we'll grow up as a venture firm. Um, you know, I, uh, I personally, I, I don't go to demo days. I'm just kind of, I'm, you know, I'm kind of burnt out by them. I think it's a, it's actually, uh, it's, uh, it's kind of a shitty way to get to know a founder, you know, is to listen to them pitch on a stage amongst hundreds of other faceless investors, um, for, for 60 seconds.
AI assessment note: “I personally, I, I don't go to demo days.”
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D 3 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 3 3.30
Q How do you handle deal sourcing? What are your, do you attend demo days? Is it, uh, LinkedIn? Is it referrals?
A What's your primary? Yeah, so the stage at which we're investing, I think, is, is, is in many ways similar to the stage that, uh, that many of the accelerators, um, work with, work with companies. Our, our approach is Is much less formulaic. So, you know, we, we don't have demo day stages, and we don't have batches, and, um, you know, we are a, we're a venture firm, and we'll grow up as a venture firm. Um, you know, I, uh, I personally, I, I don't go to demo days. I'm just kind of, I'm, you know, I'm kind of burnt out by them. I think it's a, it's actually, uh, it's, uh, it's kind of a shitty way to get to know a founder, you know, is to listen to them pitch on a stage amongst hundreds of other faceless investors, um, for, for 60 seconds.
AI assessment note: “I personally, I, I don't go to demo days.”
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D 2 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 3.25
Q And can you give us the minute sell on notation? So average ticket, preferred round, sector, equity required, that sort of thing.
A Sure, yeah. So, um, so, I left Betaworks about a year ago, ah, to start Notation Capital, which is a, a venture firm based in, based in Brooklyn, New York, with another partner. His name is Alex Lines. He's the chief architect of Betaworks and a close friend, and in many ways we've been planning, ah, for notation for, ah, for quite some time. The notation thesis is, is quite simple, and, and the reason that we started the firm was, was really for a few different reasons. Number one, Um, New York, we believe, has now shown that it consistently can, can produce billion plus dollar exits, and so that's companies like, uh, Etsy and Mongo and, uh, Tumblr and, um, And, and a bunch of others, you know, a bunch of e-commerce companies as well. So, you know, one, you know, New York can produce billion plus dollar outcomes. Uh, number two is that New York now has a critical mass of talent, uh, in many ways for the first time. So real, uh, engineering and design talent that in, in, in many ways has, has grown up in those, uh, in, in those companies. Um, and, and we believe that that talent, um, Uh, for a few different reasons, is now beginning to turn over. So, beginning to leave that first wave of companies, uh, and, and, and many of those folks are starting, are starting new companies of their own, and we believe that those are gonna be the next. Billion plus dollar outcomes, um, uh, in…
AI assessment note: “The notation thesis is, is quite simple, and, and the reason that we started”
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D 2 · C 4 · P 3 · Cm 2 2.85
Q And can you give us the minute sell on notation? So average ticket, preferred round, sector, equity required, that sort of thing.
A Sure, yeah. So, um, so, I left Betaworks about a year ago, ah, to start Notation Capital, which is a, a venture firm based in, based in Brooklyn, New York, with another partner. His name is Alex Lines. He's the chief architect of Betaworks and a close friend, and in many ways we've been planning, ah, for notation for, ah, for quite some time. The notation thesis is, is quite simple, and, and the reason that we started the firm was, was really for a few different reasons. Number one, Um, New York, we believe, has now shown that it consistently can, can produce billion plus dollar exits, and so that's companies like, uh, Etsy and Mongo and, uh, Tumblr and, um, And, and a bunch of others, you know, a bunch of e-commerce companies as well. So, you know, one, you know, New York can produce billion plus dollar outcomes. Uh, number two is that New York now has a critical mass of talent, uh, in many ways for the first time. So real, uh, engineering and design talent that in, in, in many ways has, has grown up in those, uh, in, in those companies. Um, and, and we believe that that talent, um, Uh, for a few different reasons, is now beginning to turn over. So, beginning to leave that first wave of companies, uh, and, and, and many of those folks are starting, are starting new companies of their own, and we believe that those are gonna be the next. Billion plus dollar outcomes, um, uh, in…
AI assessment note: “I left Betaworks about a year ago, ah, to start Notation Capital”
