Jonathan Roosevelt

Jonathan Roosevelt, Managing Director at Industry Ventures, shares insights on navigating the $8B venture landscape. He discusses the evolution of Industry Ventures into co-investing and the significance of seed relationships in sourcing deals. The conversation explores the distinction between evaluating early-stage vs. mid-stage investments, emphasizing the power of customer diligence over traditional metrics. Jonathan also highlights the value of asymmetric information and inflection points in decision-making and advises emerging managers to offer unique, unscalable value to compete.