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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – What Is a Lead Investor
Description: What Is a Lead Investor Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. A lead investor is an individual or a group that leads the startup funding round by performing the diligence and setting the valuation. The lead is an investor who represents the investors in the terms negotiations with the startup. The lead is typically the first investor funding the startup. The lead investor typically invests a substantial amount of the fundraise but not all of it. The lead investor needs to have knowledge of the startup...