Future of Work: Investing in Early-Stage Startups with David Perez
Episode description
David leads pre-seed investments at Roble Ventures, a future-of-work-focused fund that invests in technologies enabling people, teams, and organizations to achieve their most ambitious work. He looks for early-stage software companies that positively impact organizations and workers and can scale to be potential $1B+ unicorn companies. David served on a Fulbright Scholarship at the leading global accelerator Endeavor in Mexico City. Later, as an operator in two venture-backed startups, he saw firsthand how difficult scaling can be. His mission now as an investor is to partner with founders to establish a strong foundation from the beginning for scaling their businesses, their own potential, and their potential impact and financial returns. Roble Ventures invests $200k-$2M in early-stage startups, reimagining the future of work through SaaS, marketplaces, and consumer tech products. - Building a System for Consistent Quality Deal Flow - Diligencing a Company, Key Questions and Process - Analyzing and Picking a Company, Criteria for Success #FutureOfWork #EdTech #VentureCapital #DealSourcing #StartupInvesting #DueDiligence