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Podcast: The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified
Episode: 159. The Pioneer of Post-Seed (Paul Martino)
Description: Paul Martino of Bullpen Capital joins Nick to discuss the emergence of the Post-Seed round. In this episode, we cover: Why Paul passed on joining Mike Maples at Floodgate in order to start Bullpen The product/market fit algorithm he developed for Mike If the stages of funding are moving out or if there are just more of them How Bullpen is differentiated The metrics they require to engage with startups How his quant background has helped make this subjective discipline more objective The hardest aspect of developing new, young VCs We discuss lack of innovation in the...