Jonathan Triest

Everything Jonathan Triest said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

20VC Disclosure

Ludlow Ventures pays for startup promo videos in exchange for equity

“So the deal we struck is that we pay for the company's video, so they don't have to go out of pocket, and in exchange, Adam and Ludlow take equity in the company.”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 11:56 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

20VC Insight

Triest: Corporate VCs have smaller networks because they do not fundraise

“There are certain firms who invest off balance sheets of big corporations, which is great, and they do really wonderful things, but their networks are always generally smaller and I think a lot of that has to do with the lack of fundraising, because they're no…”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 7:59 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

20VC Disclosure

Triest: Ludlow Ventures focuses on family office LPs over institutional investors

“Yeah, I think our sweet spot is really still with high net worth individuals and family offices. Again, you know, our relationship with our LPs is very similar to our relationship with the founders we invest in. Like we're, we want to build really strong, mean…”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 8:25 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

20VC Disclosure

Triest: Once a startup enters Y Combinator, we missed our premier opportunity

“In terms of investing, once a company's in an accelerator, it depends on which accelerator, but if you take like a YC, for example, it's generally too, you know, we've kind of missed our premier opportunity to invest in the company. Our goal is to find the com…”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 12:53 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

20VC Opinion

Triest: Outdoor advertising is stale and gross

“You know, it's a play on a, to disrupt outdoor advertising, which is just so stale and gross.”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 23:00 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

20VC Disclosure

Triest: Ludlow Ventures raised a $16M fund in 2013

“And then we raised the proper fund in 2013. That was close to sixteen million dollars.”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 7:03 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

20VC Disclosure

Triest: Ludlow Ventures deployed $1M in its 2009 initial vehicle

“We put about a million dollars to use in 2009.”

Jonathan Triest Jul 20, 2015 ▶ 6:14 20 VC 055: VC Done Right with Jonathon Triest @ Ludlow Ventures

The other half of the tape: Jonathan Triest's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 9 times in 2 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Andrew Farah 6Harry Stebbings 3

Statements about Jonathan Triest, by other people (1)

20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated

Ludlow's Jonathan Triest introduced Density to leads in all three rounds

“Jonathan is a close friend and someone, he's one of our earliest investors, and he has introduced us to the lead of every round we've done, and we've done three.”

Andrew Farah Sep 7, 2018 ▶ 6:07 20VC: The Mindset The Best Investors Assume When Assessing Opportunities, Why So Many Hardware Startups Fail Today & The Right Way To Think About Employee Retention with Andrew Farah, Founder & CEO @ Density

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Jonathan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	VC, Ludlow	1	7	—	full record on 20VC →