Lacher: La Famiglia Fund I Backed Deel, Personio, and Other Unicorns
Rob Lacher · Rob Lacher: How I Scaled to $600M AUM; Hiring Tips for VCs; Venture Capital in Europe vs USA | E999 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 7, 2023 · at 3:38
Rob Lacher, co-founder of Visionaries Club and former founder of La Famiglia, discusses the portfolio track record of the initial La Famiglia fund.
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“So we've invested in 30 companies. Many of them have turned unicorns or decacorns like Deal, Presonio, Shoko, Forto, where we've had the privilege to be seed investors.”
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