About this episode

Ben Choi discusses venture capital fund building and investment strategies with David Zhou.

Ben Choi from Next Legacy joins David on El Pack to answer your questions on how to build a venture capital fund. We bring on 3 GPs at VC funds to ask 3 different questions. Gilgamesh Ventures' Miguel Armaza , also host of the incredible Fintech Leaders podcast, asks Ben what is the timing of when a GP should consider raising a Fund III. Similarly, but not the same, Strange Ventures' Tara Tan asks when an LP backs a Fund I, how do they know that this Fund I GP will last till Fund III. Arkane Capital's Arkady Kulik asks how one should think about building an LP community, especially as he brings in new and different LP archetypes into Arkane's ecosystem. Ben manages over $3.5B investments with premier venture capital firms as well as directly in early stage startups. He brings to Next Legacy a distinguished track record spanning three decades in the technology ecosystem. Ben’s love for technology products formed the basis for his successful venture track record, including pre-PMF investments in Marketo (acquired for $4.75B) and CourseHero (last valued at $3.6B). He previously ran product for Adobe’s Creative Cloud offerings and founded CoffeeTable, where he raised venture capital…

People in this episode

Host: David Zhou

Guest: Ben Choi

Topics covered

• venture capital
• fundraising
• LP community
• investment strategy
• technology ecosystem

Keywords

• venture capital
• fundraising
• LP community
• investment strategy
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Next Legacy, Gilgamesh Ventures, Fintech Leaders, Strange Ventures, Arkane Capital, Adobe, CoffeeTable, Society of Kauffman Fellows, San Francisco Chinese Culture Center, Children’s Health Council

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