Angel | hosted by Jason Calacanis

By: Jason Calacanis
  • Summary

  • In this series, Jason Calacanis pulls back the curtain on how early-stage startups get funded by interviewing angels and VCs about their investment strategies, biggest hits, anti-portfolio, and more.
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Episodes
  • Paige Finn of Behind Genius Ventures | Angel S6 E4
    Feb 9 2022

    Paige Finn became interested in venture capital during college, but within a year and a half of graduating in 2020 she already has a fund! 

    In this episode you will learn:

    1. How she secured her first allocation before having a fund

    2. The steps she took to set up an SPV while being a non-accredited investor

    3. How she raised a $1.6m fund

    4. Behind Genius' investing thesis and strategy

    5. The books that have most influenced her work and writing style

    6. Why she wrote a picture book (for adults) called "Seed to Harvest: A Simple Explanation of Venture Capital"

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    50 mins
  • Packy McCormick’s Not Boring parlay | Angel S6 E3
    Feb 8 2022
    Packy McCormick turned his massive newsletter into a Not Boring Fund I in 2021, and has since invested $10M into startups. In this episode you will learn:

    1. How Packy raised his first fund from his readers. 

    2. What regulations he needed to navigate to comply with the SEC. 

    3. Which sectors he invested his first $10M into (in just 6 months) and some of his breakout startups. 

    4. Why IRR can be hilariously large in the early stages of a small fund.

    5. How he manages a syndicate and a venture fund while still doing right by LPs. 

     

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    51 mins
  • David Rosenthal's $2.8M fund Kindergarten Ventures | Angel S6 E2
    Feb 7 2022

    David’s been a VC for a while, but he just launched a new $2.8M fund part-time with Nat Manning. We get into why his small fund size is actually so significant and represents new possibilities in venture plus:


    - How he uses his podcast and community to get dealflow
    - What he thinks you need before starting your own VC fund

     

    https://twitter.com/djrosent

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    53 mins

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