Left Lane will not increase check sizes despite raising $1.4B Fund II
Harley Miller · 20VC: Scaling to $2BN AUM in 3 years, Fundraising Lessons and Tactics from 2,500 LP Meetings & What it Takes to Build a Firm That Stands the Test of Time with Harley Miller, Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Left Lane Capital · May 2, 2022 · at 23:33
Harley Miller is the Managing Partner of Left Lane Capital. He explains how the firm plans to deploy its $1.4 billion Fund II without inflating deal sizes.
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“It's not like we're going to all of a sudden start doing investments that are double or triple the size, right? We want to keep doing more of the same.”
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