Transamerica Ventures put around $2M into Lerer Hippeau
Andrew Pitts · 827: VC: $140m FinTech, InsurTech Fund on How They Invest · Oct 29, 2017 · at 6:39
Andrew Pitts, Investment Manager at Transamerica Ventures, details their fund-of-funds check sizes into venture capital firms with digital marketing expertise.
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“I think it was a two million dollar check.”
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