Susa Ventures Limits Portfolio Companies to 6-8 Per Partner
Chad Byers · 20VC: Why Raising A Fund Is Like Raising A $25m Seed Round with No Product & Why Not All LP Money Is Equal with Chad Byers, General Partner @ Susa Ventures · Aug 24, 2016 · at 13:12
Chad Byers, General Partner at seed firm Susa Ventures, explains Susa's operational model and portfolio management strategy to Harry Stebbings.
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“And so we'll always maintain in a really low partner to company ratio, ideally long-term kind of six to eight companies per partner, which is very unique at seed because we want to be so operationally involved.”
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