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Ben Taft

6 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 28, 2024 by Ben Taft · across every show →

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Aug 28, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Taft: Angels and I will invest roughly $50K into Christy's Chips
“Probably like the 50,000 dollar total range for all of us, and then we'll make a lot of introductions to a lot of the funds that can maybe take the rest.”
Ben Taft Aug 28, 2024 ▶ 19:27 Will Investors Bite? Christy’s $4M Plant-Based Chip Pitch!
Sep 4, 2024
Insight
Taft: Venture capital optimizes for unrealistic moonshots over realistic outcomes
“Realistic is not the thing we're optimizing for. It's like the unrealistic things that Have some small probability of working, and you take that bet.”
Ben Taft Sep 4, 2024 ▶ 17:02 Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This AI That Prevents Hospital Falls?
Oct 16, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ben Taft predicts Party Trick could quickly reach $100M in ARR
“I mean, if that's at all real to any degree, we could see her going to 10 to a hundred million in ARR and, you know, a pretty finite amount of time.”
Ben Taft Oct 16, 2024 ▶ 14:09 Party Trick's $47M Pipeline: Can They Secure VC Funding?
Oct 16, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Ben Taft offers to invest $250,000 in Party Trick
“I'm in the same boat, and if Cyan would have us and our diligence checks out, then we'd love to sneak in a quarter million into that same round.”
Ben Taft Oct 16, 2024 ▶ 11:50 Party Trick's $47M Pipeline: Can They Secure VC Funding?
Nov 6, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Taft: Passing on Remynt until initial debt collection milestone is proven
“Where I stand and where we stand as a fund is it would go a long way for us if you were past that first milestone because that's the furthest you can get on your own to prove that this business will work. And now you're at the obstacle where you need the money…”
Ben Taft Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 13:16 Will These VCs Bet on Her Startup? | $100K on the Line for Remynt!
Nov 6, 2024 neutral
Insight
Taft: Pre-seed startups should sell vision instead of feigning hard traction
“We're selling sizzle at the pre-seed, right? And as soon as it's like stake, it's, you know, there's something to measure, then you can start to scrutinize the business, and if you start to insinuate that there's maybe more stake than there is, then we'll star…”
Ben Taft Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 22:22 Will These VCs Bet on Her Startup? | $100K on the Line for Remynt!
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