Today, David is speaking with Jess Randall. Jesse Randall is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sweater Ventures, a VC fund that gives access to venture capital to everyone, regardless of your wealth or accreditation status. Sweater just raised $15M Series Seed earlier this year in order to build the technology to put an investment team in the palm of your hands via a mobile app where you can keep up to date on your portfolio. Sweater aims to give everyone a chance at investing in the next big startup through the fund. In addition to Sweater, Jesse is an avid Ironman competitor, a family man with five children, and a previous founder of several other companies.

What You’ll Learn:

Private Market Accreditation Guidelines
Being a Registered Investment Company
Comparing Sweater and a Mutual Fund
Investment Thesis and Deal Flow
Target Returns
Redemptions and Managing Cash
Managing Deployment Velocity and Fundraising
Consumer-facing brands, products, and apps on the sweater platform

Favorite Quote:

“Focus on your strength. It is better to take your strength from 10-100 than focus on your weakness from 1-10”

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David Paul is the founder and general partner at DWP Capital. All opinions expressed by David and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinions of DWP capital. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon for decisions. David and guests may maintain positions in the securities discussed on this podcast.

Jesse Randall of Sweater on Breaking Venture Capitals Exclusivity