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Dario Goes From SNL to White House, Some Personal Agent News, Mongo Got Zucked | Lo Toney, Zack London, Anish Acharya, Evan Conrad, Gstaad Guy
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(00:46) - Dario Gets the SNL Treatment (09:24) - Dario's Private Dinner with Trump (12:15) - Cambridge Warns of AI Acceleration (16:59) - Anthropic Investor Fears AI? (21:57) - Inside Instinct's Rapid Rise/Some Personal Agent News (47:06) - Zuck Hires MongoDB CEO (58:32) - Lo Toney… More on the show's page
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E29: Lo Toney, Plexo Capital on How He Raised Capital from Google, the Ford Foundation, Mass Mutual
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MentionsFord FoundationGoogle
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David Weisburd interviews Lo Toney about his transition from angel investor to fund manager, his role at Plexo Capital, and his approach to working with founders. They discuss the importance of patience in early-stage investments, the diligence process for managers, and the strategy behind… More on the show's page
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249. Common Traits Shared by Top GPs, Why Underrepresented Fund Managers Will Produce Superior Returns, and SPACs vs. Direct Listings vs. IPOs (Lo Toney)
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Lo Toney of Plexo Capital joins Nick to discuss Common Traits Shared by Top GPs, Why Underrepresented Fund Managers Will Produce Superior Returns, and SPACs vs. Direct Listings vs. IPOs. In this episode, we cover: Walk us through your background and path to VC? Why are Product Management skills… More on the show's page
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20VC: How Fundraising For Funds Has Changed in The World of COVID, The Benefits of Managers Selling Part of Their GP & How To Think Through Your "Minimum Viable Fund Size" with Lo Toney, Founding Managing Partner @ Plexo Capital
WithLo Toney
MentionsComcast VenturesFemale Founders FundFounders FundGoogleGoogle Ventures
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Lo Toney is the Founding Managing Partner @ Plexo Capital , a very unique firm making both direct investments and fund investments. They have invested in Precursor, Boldstart, Female Founders Fund and WorkBench on the fund side and then PlayVS, Replicated and StyleSeat on the direct side. Prior to… More on the show's page
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Lo Toney’s Plan to Bring the Clubby VC World into the Future
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Connie & Alex review some of this week's top tech news and then talk to Lo Toney of Plexo Capital about why it pays to back a more diverse set of venture capital investors and entrepreneurs.Music:1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired)2. "Dream Catcher"…
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Lo Toney, Plexo Capital
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MentionsCisco InvestmentsComcast VenturesFord FoundationIntel CapitalKapor CapitalRoyal Bank of Canada
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Lo Toney is the founding managing partner of Plexo Capital, a new $42.5 million fund incubated inside of GV focused on making investments in seed-stage VC firms led by women or people of color. In addition to investing as LPs, Plexo Capital makes direct investments in startups that are funded by… More on the show's page
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Banning Chinese robots isn't regulatory capture | E2318
MentionsDavid WeisburdLo Toney
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This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent- NorthwestRegisteredAgent.com/twist Odoo - Odoo.com/twist MongoDB - MongoDB.com/ai Today's show: The FCC's decision to ban Chinese humanoid robots over security concerns is a boon to American startups, which now face a… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 199: Post Mortems (Abbasi, Findley, Toney, Woodard)
MentionsFarooq AbbasiLo ToneyMonique WoodardTy Findley
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Farooq Abbasi Ty Findley Lo Toney Monique Woodard Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests' full-length episodes? Farooq Abbasi… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 183: Strange & Unusual (Toney, McIntyre, Collins, Vassallo)
MentionsLo ToneyTrae Vassallo
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Lo Toney Stephen McIntyre Eric Collins Trae Vassallo Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 177: Lessons Learned (Warner, Findley, Toney, Deeter)
MentionsByron DeeterLo ToneyTy Findley
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Check Warner Ty Findley Lo Toney Byron Deeter Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. More on the show's page
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