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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso – What Are Co-Lead Investors?
Description: What Are Co-Lead Investors? Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The lead investor typically takes up to half of the round in return for leading the diligence and setting the valuation. When there is a great deal of work to be done and no single investor will take the lead then one can recruit a co-lead investor. A co-lead investor will join to help with the diligence. In this case it’s best to build a lead investor team. It’s important to divide the diligence tasks...