Mehta: South Park Commons' selection rate is under one percent
Prateek Mehta · From -1 to 0: How Founders Navigate the Earliest Stage with Aditya Agarwal & Prateek Mehta | SPC · Dec 5, 2025 · at 12:26
Prateek Mehta, partner at South Park Commons, details the selectivity and talent density of the SPC builder community.
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“The selection rate for the community is less than one percent, right? So by way of number of applications that come in and the number of people who actually get an access to the community, right?”
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