Uretsky: DigitalOcean favored Jerry Chen and Peter Levine during Series A
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Moisey Uretsky, co-founder of DigitalOcean, discusses evaluating venture investors after pitching dozens of firms during their Series A round.
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“The two investors that we loved the most was Jerry Chan from Greylock and Peter Levine from Andreessen Horowitz.”
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