Alalu: Founder-friendly is LP-friendly unless GPs put themselves first
Joe Alalu · Diamonds in the Rough: Investing Where Grit Meets Innovation · Jul 28, 2025 · at 20:20
Joe Alalu, co-founder of Daring Ventures, discusses the alignment of interests between venture fund managers, limited partners, and founders.
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“We think that being founder friendly is being LP friendly and being LP friendly is being founder friendly. The only way that that, you know, equilibrium ever gets messed up is when GPs put themselves first.”
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