The State of the Venture Industry: Interactive Q&A with Jason Calacanis

Over the last two years the venture capital industry has seen unprecedented growth. In fact, the record for global venture capital funding was shattered in both the second half of 2020, and then again in the first half of 2021. On this interactive Q&A event, we will discuss the present and future of the venture capital industry legendary angel investor and VC Jason Calacanis. Named “arguably the world’s greatest angel investor” by The Twenty Minute VC, Jason was one of the first investors in companies like Uber, Robinhood, Wealthfront, Thumbtack, and Trello.

>>> This is an interactive, live online event. To access the event, RSVP at https://fi.co/e/267578

>> About the Speaker: Jason Calacanis
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Jason Calacanis is an entrepreneur, author, and angel investor in 250+ startups (including 7 “unicorns”). He is also is the host of the popular podcasts ‘This Week in Startups’ and ‘All-In’. Named “arguably the world’s greatest angel investor” by The Twenty Minute VC, Jason was one of the first investors in companies like Uber, Robinhood, Wealthfront, Thumbtack, and Trello.

Jason is also the author of Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups (Harper Collins, 2017), Founder & CEO of LAUNCH (including the LAUNCH Festival and the LAUNCH Incubator), Founder & CEO of Inside.com, and more – you can learn more about Jason at https://linktr.ee/calacanis.

>>About VC Lab
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VC Lab (http://govclab.com) is a virtual program that helps new managers to launch accelerators, pre-seed, seed or Series A venture capital firms globally. The goal of the program is to help you complete your first closing in one year or less by providing a supportive community, tactical advice and resources through approximately 25 hours per week of structured work.

Participants work closely with the Silicon Valley team of the Founder Institute and leading experts in launching VC funds, including experienced general partners, limited partners, fund of funds and back office experts. Through the program, you will join private webinars, attend office hours and you will engage with your peers via our dedicated Slack channel. The program also provides managers with the opportunity to participate in Demo Day style events to help accelerate their fundraising efforts.

Learn more and apply to the program at FI.co/vc.

>>> This is an interactive, live online event. To access the event, RSVP at https://fi.co/e/267578