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#16 Chris Smith, Playfair Capital, pt 2

#16 Chris Smith, Playfair Capital, pt 2

FromEUVC


#16 Chris Smith, Playfair Capital, pt 2

FromEUVC

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Chris Smith is the managing partner at Playfair Capital investing in seed & pre-seed in the UK, Europe and Israel. This is the second part of a two-part episode with Chris. If you haven’t done it yet, we strongly recommend you go back and listen to episode 14 with Chris on being a single-LP firm, post-Covid market dynamics . In this episode we dive deep on deal flow, founder profiles, and Playfair’s value add strategies.In this episode you’ll learn:– Ways to get privileged access to stellar first-time founders.– How Playfair’s value add strategy goes way beyond the ordinary and draws on every partner at their team.– Why and how Playfair goes beyond the headline grabbing capital injections and actually cares for their founders’ well-being.– What led to the creation of the female founder office hours and its impact in Playfair’s deal flow so far.
Released:
Jun 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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