Rojas: Betaworks made 25 to 30 percent of investments on West Coast
Peter Rojas · 20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget · Oct 14, 2015 · at 7:56
Peter Rojas, Entrepreneur in Residence at Betaworks, discusses Betaworks' portfolio history prior to opening a dedicated presence in San Francisco.
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“Now, Betaworks has done about 25, maybe 30% of its investments historically have been on the West Coast with the majority of those being pretty much in San Francisco, a handful in Silicon Valley.”
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