The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal #193 Paul Naphtali: From PR to VC—What Sequoia-Backed Startups Taught Me, Building Rampersand & How founders win!
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Paul is the cofounder of Rampersand, an early-stage VC fund backing ambitious Australian founders since 2013. He previously spent 15 years in Silicon Valley, Israel, and Europe as a marketing and communications executive, contributing to major trade sales and a NASDAQ listing.
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