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This summer has been a lot of catch ups and time spent with angel and seed investors. For the first time since leaving General Catalyst a while ago, I find myself 100% focussed on Series A, slightly further downstream in the capital markets than “first to believe.” The bottoms up, catalyst driven work I do to find early stage companies I want to invest in is exactly the same as it’s always been, but my dynamic with friends who are seed and angel investors has changed in the sense that Pace Capital now represents follow on capital, as opposed to the coinvestment, to their early stage portfolios. When they ask me what types of companies I like, so they can send me relevant opportunities, my answer doesn’t fit into a clean box like “networks and marketplaces” or “SaaS and enterprise.” My default is simply to share the 4 or 5 theses that I’m developing at any given time (currently in the spheres of airpods/voice, blockchain, distributed labor & credentialing, contactless payment, media for

August | 2019 | Jordan Cooper's Blog: startups, venture capital, etc... Search: Jordan Cooper's Blog: startups, venture capital, etc… About Pace Capital Archive for August, 2019 Technical CEOs Posted on August 15, 2019 . Filed under: Uncategorized | This summer has been a lot of catch ups and time spent with angel and seed investors. For the first time since leaving General Catalyst a while ago, I find myself 100% focussed on Series A, slightly further downstream in the capital markets than “first to believe.” The bottoms up, catalyst driven work I do to find early stage compan

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