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Chris Vasquez

Investor & Founder @ Quantum | Building iconic teams for AI, SaaS & Web 3 Startups

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New episode with Ed Sim, Founder & GP at boldstart ventures is live! This was one of my favorite conversations to date — inspiring, full of actionable wisdom, and vulnerable shares that got us both a bit emotional at the end. Ed is a legendary technology VC, and was named the #1 Seed Investor in 2024 by Business Insider — he was the first check in iconic startups like Snyk, Superhuman, Blockdaemon, Kustomer & many more. After nearly 3 decades in venture, Ed was kind enough to break down some of his best learnings & predictions for the future. In this podcast we discuss: - Masterclass in early stage investing (Exact framework to evaluate & identify billion dollar deals) - His secret "test" for evaluating founders that he wants to invest in - How venture has shifted & how to win in the current landscape - The importance of selecting the right partner (This might be the most valuable advice of all) Full episode below 👇🏽 ---- If you enjoy the conversation, please leave subscribe & share with your friends! #investing #startups #founders

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Is the biggest question happening in venture capital now is who's right? Ed SIM, a world renowned enterprise technology investor and founder of Bold Start, an inception focused venture firm that he scaled from 1,000,000 to 850 million in assets under management. When you're evaluating founders to put checks behind, what are the main signals that you're filtering through? I like to think about it in mental models and framework. I call it the five piece. The first thing it starts. The second thing would be the weekend test. He was the first investor in Unicorn startups like Sneak. Block demon and customer. I give you 10 million. I need to give you $28.00. Let's super size. This **** was listed as the world's number one seed investor by Business Insider in 2024. If I can't move with speed, I guess what someone else will. I want to keep up with you. Founder. ******* drive me. I love that you know the PHD's I'm gonna fund. Poor, hungry and determined. It's a different game. You better put your ******* helmet on. You better put your goggles on. You think Bold Start would have been successful without Kathy? No. It's ******* lonely and hard being a founder. Suddenly path we're going to drain. Savings I'm not gonna get salary for I don't know how long. He's like, Ed, I would rather you do something you love and wake up loving every day because I believe in you. And she did not waver from that. I'm talking about mortgage, two kids in private school. She ******* did not waver from that. And the question is, it's going to be 5 trillion. It's going to be 10 trillion. I don't know. And this is the most exciting time that I've seen in 28 years ever. Because no one knows the answer. And that's where the most fun happens.

Chris Vasquez

Investor & Founder @ Quantum | Building iconic teams for AI, SaaS & Web 3 Startups

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Watch: https://youtu.be/_VedkXl0ORc Listen: https://apple.co/3BDSGpv

Ed Sim

boldstart ventures, partnering from Inception with bold technical founders building the future - Snyk, Tessl, Protect AI, BigID, Kustomer, Blockdaemon...

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thanks for having me - so much fun and you got me all 🔥 up!

Stan Kreydin

CTO | CISO | Advisor | Enabler

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Great team !

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