Singhal: pi Ventures gained fundraising momentum only after making first three investments
Manish Singhal · Episode 51 | Manish Singhal, pi Ventures · Feb 12, 2020 · at 32:46
Manish Singhal, founding partner of pi Ventures, explains how deploying capital into initial investments established credibility with hesitant prospective LPs.
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“In fact, the only way we got momentum in our fund raise is when we actually wrote the first three checks. So that time people got some confidence, okay, there is something in the market.”
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