# Will Quist at Slow Ventures

> Will Quist, Partner at Slow Ventures at Slow Ventures. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Will Quist

Partner at Slow Ventures[See the firm →](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 4 +3 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Slow Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Slow Ventures** VC firm · US **33** cheques in 12 months **438** all time **6** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Axcient](https://millionrounds.com/startup/axcient)
- [Formation](https://millionrounds.com/startup/formation-2)
- [Practice Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/startup/practice-fusion)
- [Tala](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tala-3)
- Alibabacom
- Jajah
- OnDeck Capital
- Rockyou

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)** Managing Director of the General Partner since 2016

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Slow Ventures

- [**Kevin Colleran** Managing Director of Slow Venture Management III, LLC *68 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kevin-colleran)
- [**Megan Lightcap** Partner, Creator Fund *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/megan-lightcap)
- [**Yoni Rechtman** Tagline Writer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/yoni-rechtman)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 9 May 2025 · 3h 21m Mother's Day Gift Guide, Rorra in WSJ, Morgan Housel, Mehul Nariyawala, Sonya Huang, Stanford Review, Will Quist, Aidan Dewar, George Maloney With [Mehul Nariyawala](https://millionrounds.com/person/mehul-nariyawala)[Morgan Housel](https://millionrounds.com/person/morgan-housel)[Will Quist](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist) About this episode TBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Figma - https://figma.com Vanta - https://vanta.com Linear - https://linear.app Figma - https://www.figma.com Eight Sleep - https://eightsleep.com/tbpn Wander - https://wander.com/tbpn Public - https://public.com AdQuick -… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 6 Aug 2024 · 40 min Being Non-Consensus and Right in VC with Jason Shuman & Will Quist With [Jason Shuman](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-shuman)[Will Quist](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist) Mentions [Notation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notation-capital)[Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) About this episode What do Primary GP Jason Shuman and Slow Ventures Partner Will Quist have in common? At first glance, not much, given how differently their firms approach firm building and VC "platforms." At Primary, their Impact team outnumbers investors 2:1, while Slow consists of 3 GPs, and 3 GPs only. But in a… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) · 19 Mar 2024 · 55 min E31: Slow's Will Quist on VC's Job to Fund the Creation of New Data Sets With [Will Quist](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist) Mentions [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)[Michael J](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-j)[Sam Lessin](https://millionrounds.com/person/sam-lessin) About this episode Today's episode features an interview with Will Quist, partner at Slow Ventures. In this conversation Will talks about his transition from water polo player to helping build Slow, Slow's unique thesis in venture, the old model of VC versus new VC, and treating venture capital like a phD program.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 12 Sept 2022 · 46 min 20VC: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really "Venture Capital" | The Five Core Levers Needed To Assess Risk and Price a Startup | The Future of Venture; Who Wins, Who Loses, What Happens to the Crossover Funds with Will Quist, Partner @ Slow Ventures With [Will Quist](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist) Mentions [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)[Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) About this episode Will Quist is a Partner @ Slow Ventures. Over the last decade, the team at Slow Ventures have invested in the earliest rounds of over 500 companies including Robinhood, NextDoor, Airtable, Solana and many more. As for Will, prior to Slow he spent over 8 years at Industry Ventures and before… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Will Quist in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 3 Jul 2026 · 1h 45m Inside Goldman’s $22B Bet on Venture Capital | Hans Swildens, Industry Ventures With [Hans Swildens](https://millionrounds.com/person/hans-swildens) Mentions [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures)[Zach Coelius](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zach-coelius)[Will Quist](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist) About this episode Hans Swildens started Industry Ventures in 2000, and this is his first podcast since selling it to Goldman Sachs in 2026. Hans has been buying venture secondaries longer than almost anyone, and the combined business is one of the largest VC portfolios in the world: 525 firms, 1,600 funds, and over… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 24 Apr 2026 · 1h 30m The $5B Venture Growth Buyout Playbook | Alex Israel, Metropolis Mentions [Adam Bain](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-bain)[Will Quist](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist)[Yoni Rechtman](https://millionrounds.com/person/yoni-rechtman) About this episode Alex Israel is the Co-founder and CEO of Metropolis.He unpacks the unique strategy they used as a tech startup to rollup parking lots and become the largest parking operator in the world.Thank you to Will Quist, Yoni Rechtman, Adam Bain, and Jamie Siminoff for their help brainstorming topics for… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 20 Aug 2024 · 8 min Minisode: What’s the Real Value Add of VCs? Mentions [Notation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notation-capital)[Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)[Jason Shuman](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-shuman)[Will Quist](https://millionrounds.com/person/will-quist) About this episode Nick & Beezer go inside their recent conversation with Jason Shuman and Will Quist to discuss the right way to be a contrarian investor, how to do no harm as a VC, and dive into the answer to their burning question: do VCs actually add value? Learn more about Sapphire Partners:… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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