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Quist: Slow Ventures passed on leading Deel's seed round over valuation
“We were negotiating to be the lead of the seed, and I literally were like this far apart and decided that was too far apart.”
Will Quist Sep 12, 2022 ▶ 46:14 Will Quist: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really “Venture Capital” | 20VC #924 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Quist: Slow Ventures avoids consensus seed deals to back non-consensus ideas
“I think we would say we concede the consensus game at the earliest stages. We think our job is to go a click out further on a belief system than in other people.”
Will Quist Sep 12, 2022 ▶ 16:48 Will Quist: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really “Venture Capital” | 20VC #924 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Quist: Industry Ventures returned 10-12x on LiveRamp's Series B acquisition
“There's a company called LiveRamp that Oren Hoffman founded, that I was lucky enough to lead the Series B. And this was at a time when ad tech related products were kind of written off, right? As hard to differentiate, hard to find novelty, hard to find defens…”
Will Quist Sep 12, 2022 ▶ 43:20 Will Quist: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really “Venture Capital” | 20VC #924 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Quist: Slow Ventures will not pursue a multi-stage fund strategy
“I think the amount of human capital and what it means on a daily basis to be a competitive multi-stage firm is not what we do. It's not our strength. It's not our DNA.”
Will Quist Sep 12, 2022 ▶ 58:53 Will Quist: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really “Venture Capital” | 20VC #924 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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