Pace Capital
fund on 3 shows · 6 statements across 2 episodes · said 27 times in 6 episodes since 2023
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2024 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2023 19 mentions in 2 episodes 10 per episode
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Coogan: Friend.com raises $5.4M led by Pace Capital
“Friend.com, the bold AI companionship platform, just secured 5.4 million in fresh funding from Jordan Cooper at Pace Capital.”
Paik: A 51/49 venture partnership split feels like 80/20
“I mean, like, the distance between a 51 49 split is way more than two percent. Like, it might as well be like 80%.”
Paik: Pace Capital hits 20% ownership in 70% of portfolio companies
“We've been successful at hitting our ownership target in 70% of the companies we invested in.”
Paik: Companies that can be described in one sentence lack ambition
“If everything that a company is doing and building can really be accurately described in a single sentence, it's probably too one dimensional. It's probably not Ambitious enough.”
Paik: Startup moats are intentional and embedded in product from day one
“So if you were to look at the system design behind companies that ultimately developed modes at scale, it's not something that like happens magically overnight once the company's up and running. It's like embedded in the core product from day one. And so I thi…”
Paik: Optimizing fundraising for outcomes over alignment creates structural misalignment
“We had kind of a mantra, which is optimized for alignment, not outcomes. I think in many situations, people, companies can optimize for outcomes rather than alignment. And that over rotation ultimately over time leads to misalignment.”