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Sand Hill Road
E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens
Mar 7, 2023
41:02
In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Dan Ahrens, founding partner at Left Lane Capital, a New York based venture capital and early growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses.
00:00 Intro
02:43 Consumer vs. enterprise tech
05:09 Getting into venture
07:54 Raising Left Lane I
10:35 Investing while fundraising
13:09 The Left Lane Capital playbook
17:09 Due diligence in a hot market
18:52 Scaling Left Lane Capital
21:36 Deployment pace
23:28 Focus area
26:04 Hard conversations
28:10 Arc
32:53 Exo Freight
35:28 Supply Chain Tech
37:04 Call to action
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