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Fintech and Investment Strategy with Addie Lerner
Fintech and Investment Strategy with Addie Lerner
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47 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Addie Lerner (@addielerner), founder of Avid Ventures, joins Erik to discuss:- Why she started Avid Ventures and how her experiences at growth-stage funds influences her investing strategy at earlier stages.- Her take on the “great barbell” in venture capital and how she thinks about investing in an environment with outsized valuations. She says that firms are now investing in seed stage companies at Series B prices.- The origins of her bullishness on fintech and why “every company is becoming a fintech company.”- Why she thinks there can be multiple winners in the global remote work space.- Why X for Y businesses in international geographies can work, if there is a local angle to the business that makes it uniquely suited for a particular geography.- How she thinks about crypto and why she’s looking to back eldercare companies.- Her investment thesis and why she wants to back founders who "believe they were put on earth to build their company."Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup
Released:
May 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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