E66: Why Inception Investing Beats Traditional Seed with Ed Sim of Boldstart

"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and Investing

This week on Turpentine VC, Erik Torenberg interviews Ed Sim, founder of boldstart, on growing the firm from a $1 million fund to $800 million in assets, with a focus on early-stage enterprise and AI investments. For full show notes, visit: https://highlightai.com/share/d0139578-d85f-4171-b879-059dd2813450

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LINKS:

boldstart ventures: https://boldstart.vc/

Chris Paik’s The End of Software: https://docs.google.com/document/d/103cGe8qixC7ZzFsRu5Ww2VEW5YgH9zQaiaqbBsZ1lcc/edit?tab=t.0

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