📶 Kai Cash (Investor @ Primary Venture Partners) on creating leverage as a junior investor

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This week we had on Kai Cash (@kuaicash) at Primary Venture Partners.

Primary is one of the best seed funds in the world. They focus on backing the best founders in New York, and this approach has resulted in their companies raising follow-on capital nearly 90% of the time. Kai is on the investment team, and he spends his time focusing on climate and software below the application layer.

In this talk, we discuss:

• Breaking into VC

• Creating leverage as a junior investor

• Building trust and deal flow with the other side of the table

Check out the full episode below:

👥 Founder’s guide to community

🏰 Web3 moats

🧬 55 contrarian observations about humans

🥂 Valuable paradoxes of marketing

📧 Tactical advice to improve your email open rates

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