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Named a top 27 business podcast by Fortune, upside examines startup investing outside of Silicon Valley.Every Wednesday, we speak with an early stage founder. We interview them as if we are angel investors considering the company as an investment opportunity. Each show has three segments: 1.) Intro:… read more

54:25

Peter Livingston of Unpopular Ventures // early stage investing through a syndicate [CC058]

Interview begins: 5:16
Debrief: 43:55

Unpopular Ventures is led by Peter Livingston, whose experience is almost entirely in startups - as both an operator and investor. He was the first engineer at iRhythm (IPO 2016) and was the founder/CEO at Lifesquare (backed by Kleiner Perkins).


He has been angel investing since 2013, made >150 investments to date, and has produced investment returns well within the top decile of VC industry performance.


Peter founded Unpopular Ventures to keep investing in startups - but with a bigger family, bigger checks, and bigger impact.

Key points: 

  • Disagreeing about corporate VCs (9:11)
  • Syndicate Model (13:37)
  • Investors and the syndicate (16:13)
  • Not following the traditional fund (26:35)
  • Building trust (31:25)
  • Edification (39:23)


Learn more about Jump Capital: https://unpopular.vc/


Follow Peter’s Syndicate: https://angel.co/unpopularvc/syndicate


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