Lindsay Lee of Authentic Ventures on operationalizing networks & creating an edge through diversity rich networks- Venture Unlocked 025
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Our guest today is Lindsay Lee, managing member of Authentic Ventures. Lindsay has over 20 years of investing experience in technology.
Prior to starting Authentic, he served as CIO for an investment management firm to which he helped grow to almost $1B in assets and also managed a family office where he focused on seed and early-stage investments. He brings a unique combination of operating experience, public market investing experience, and early stage investing experience.
Authentic Ventures was founded in 2015 and focuses on Seed and Early-stage companies.
One of their core differentiators is the \\u201cAuthentic Network\\u201d which is a managed community of like-minded entrepreneurs, founders, investors and growth hackers. Indexed heavily toward diversity, the network is operationalized and focused on helping portfolio companies solve the most meaningful issues.
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In this episode we discuss the following topics:
02:09\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 After so many different experiences, why focus on seed investing?
03:23\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How public market investing skills can translate to privates
06:50\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The inspiration behind Authentic
11:57\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What the Authentic Network, and how to operationalize it.
16:39\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Their focus on indexing their network heavily toward women and People of Color.
18:14\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Portfolio construction methodology
27:03\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Differences between investing at various stages of investments
30:37\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The markers LPs look for between fund I and fund II
33:46\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Lindsay\\u2019s biggest career mistake
35:20\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The investors he admires
37:00\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 His best piece of advice to new managers
Mentioned In This Episode:Authentic Ventures
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