LA Venture

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Adam Struck -- Struck Capital Sep 12, 2019

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Adam Struck is an LA seed investor from Struck Capital (checks $1-1.5M) who challenges any other VC to put in more sweat equity per dollar than he does. He also thinks VCs should be weirder. I already feel like I'm busting my butt so I will accept the weird challenge.

Kara Nortman -- Upfront Ventures Sep 05, 2019

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Kara is a partner at Upfront, a founder, and one of the most prominent investors in LA. Kara shares about the Upfront partnership (8 different UIs with the same backend), advice for founders, and her own areas of interest.

Stender Sweeney -- Pasadena Angels Sep 02, 2019

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With over 100 members, Pasadena Angels is one of the largest angel investor networks in LA. Stender Sweeney is chair of the Pasadena Angels and explains how their process works, what size check to expect ($250-750k) and what it means to be "more than the money".

Anna Barber -- Techstars LA Aug 22, 2019

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Techstars is a 90-day mentorship-driven accelerator program with three programs in LA: Techstars Music, Techstars Space and Techstars LA. Today we talk to Anna Barber, Managing Director for Techstars LA, about the mentorship, investment ($120k) and network that Techstars LA provides.

Eva Ho -- Fika Ventures Aug 16, 2019

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Fika invests in enterprise, B2B SAAS and data-oriented solutions. Fika is usually writing checks in the $750k to $1.2M range and Eva tells us how check size and round size have changed over time. Eva is an extremely thoughtful investor about everything from data ethics to building stronger communities. We're glad Eva is part of the LA community! Leave us a review, let me know, and I'll send back my gratitude.

Mark Mullen -- Bonfire Ventures Aug 09, 2019

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Mark talks with us about what sort of traction he looks for when doing B2B seed investing, what sort of questions he asks founders, and his direct personal style.

Will Hsu -- Mucker Capital Aug 02, 2019

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Will talks to us about Mucker Capital, the early stage venture fund that he and Erik co-founded as well as Mucker Labs, his very well-respected LA accelerator.

Dustin Rosen -- Wonder Ventures Jul 28, 2019

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Dustin Rosen is the founder and managing partner at Wonder Ventures, a pre-seed fund here in LA.

Britt Danneman -- Alpha Edison Jun 29, 2019

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Britt talks about venture debt, Alpha Edison's investment thesis and how trust is created.

Eytan Elbaz -- Angel investor, man of mystery Jun 26, 2019

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Eytan is a multiple time co-founder (Social Native, Render Media, Scopely), venture partner at TenOneTen, and full of insights on angel investing.