How to Make Data-Driven Investment Decisions Through AI with Brad Zapp

Brad Zapp’s mission is to invest in underrepresented founders and teams in underrepresented geographies. He is a co-founder and managing partner of Connetic Ventures, a Covington, Kentucky-based VC firm that has built a machine learning model that allows them to make data-driven investment decisions.

Key Highlights:

[00:01 - 09:53]  Cash is King

• The affluent have different alternative investment  options but these are not easily accessible to the general public
• A stable annual return from the stock market is not enough to cover life’s daily demands
• There are good investment options if you have a cash liquidity

[09:54 - 20:53] The Most Important Asset

• Interval funds have been around for a while but aren’t widely used
• Real estate and fixed incomes are registered as venture capital interval funds
• Brad explains what Foundernomics is
• Psychological measures are one of the most obtainable types of data that can be obtained in an early-stage company
• Your team is the best investment you could have other than the product

[20:54 - 32:51] The Best Founders through Connetic Ventures

• You could track the performance by incorporating personality traits and creating a profile 
• Foundernomics have given surprising results which you would otherwise think if you are not looking at the data 
• Every deal that’s being funded overlooks geographies or colors and is given to deserving founders based on analysis and data
• Brad’s vision is to make capital available for every investor

[32:52 - 35:46] Closing Segment

Connect with Brad Zapp on LinkedIn and check out his website conneticventures.com for more information!

Key Quotes:

“We are good at investing in the product that builds the product. So the people themselves are products, and that's the most valuable resource of any startup otherwise, what are we, what are we doing?” - Brad Zapp

“Any system that only works for such a small percentage of the population and is getting 95% of all the money. That's a terrible system.” - Brad Zapp

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