Early Stage VC @ Audacious Ventures
I am the founder of Audacious Ventures, an early stage VC firm, where we have a simple mandate - to partner with the most ambitious founders in technology, and help them achieve their most audacious goals.
Prior to launching Audacious, I was a Partner at Lightspeed, and previously, I spent a few years at Battery Ventures. Over the last decade, I have led/been involved with investments in several category defining startups:
Horizontal/Vertical SaaS: Gainsight, People.ai, WorkOS, 6Sense, Tome, Marketo, Intacct, Blue Jeans Network, HackerRank, Yesware, Quadrant Health, Schoolytics.
Marketplaces: Multiverse, BuildingConnected, Flint, Curious Cardinals.
Creator Economy: Superpeer.
How I work with founders?
I believe that ultimately startup success comes down to two key ingredients: Large markets and A+ teams. Accordingly as a VC, I have two jobs: 1/ Invest in A+ founders attacking large markets; 2/ Help them recruit an A+ team. Recruiting is hard. Recruiting A+ talent is harder, but its the difference between a great journey and a not-so-great one. At Audacious, we move the needle by helping our portfolio founders access, assess and close A+ talent.
What I look for?
Ambitious and hungry product founders targeting extremely large markets. I believe hunger and ambition are more important ingredients of success than experience.