Inside Tribe Capital: Building a $1.6B Data-Driven Venture Capital

In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Hsu. He is the co-founder of Tribe Capital, a venture capital firm that focuses on using data science to get an edge in venture. Prior to establishing Tribe Capital, Jonathan was the one of the first members of Facebook's data science department.

Jonathan describes his journey from becoming Facebook's first data analyst to co-founding a data-driven venture capital firm, what product market fit accounting looks like, and Tribe Capital's unique approach when founders come to seek investment opportunities.

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Timestamp
00:00 Introduction
01:09 Jonathan’s experience
02:57 New accounting principle for startups
06:02 Quantitative approach to product market fit
08:52 Using the quantitative strategy with Docker
13:02 The history and evolution of accounting
18:16 Future of Tribe Capital