Mark Goldberg

That is a very good question. And I think that we met everybody in person. Now, because we're in San Francisco, a lot of people were coming through for different LP events. So there was a lot of kind of the community moving through. But we hustled too. We spent a lot of time on planes. And we, I mean, we were... We were out there. It was a quick fundraise, but we were out there hustling very hard.

That is a very good question. And I think that we met everybody in person. Now, because we're in San Francisco, a lot of people were coming through for different LP events. So there was a lot of kind of the community moving through. But we hustled too. We spent a lot of time on planes. And we, I mean, we were... We were out there. It was a quick fundraise, but we were out there hustling very hard.

By the way, it's a great way to get to know your co-founders better. We're an equal partnership. All three of us were telling our story. It's kind of like a group interview. And poor Christina and Ethan, who had to suffer through me telling the same jokes and anecdotes over and over and over, sometimes eight, ten times a day.

By the way, it's a great way to get to know your co-founders better. We're an equal partnership. All three of us were telling our story. It's kind of like a group interview. And poor Christina and Ethan, who had to suffer through me telling the same jokes and anecdotes over and over and over, sometimes eight, ten times a day.

By the way, it's a great way to get to know your co-founders better. We're an equal partnership. All three of us were telling our story. It's kind of like a group interview. And poor Christina and Ethan, who had to suffer through me telling the same jokes and anecdotes over and over and over, sometimes eight, ten times a day.

I don't know this.

I don't know this.

I don't know this.

We did many, many tests throughout the relationship and the founding story of the three of us. The Tokyo test was not on there.

We did many, many tests throughout the relationship and the founding story of the three of us. The Tokyo test was not on there.

We did many, many tests throughout the relationship and the founding story of the three of us. The Tokyo test was not on there.

Yeah. Now we divided and conquered. And the other thing is we tried to vet those meetings by first screening for the appetite for a first fund. There was, I think, a lot of interest in a shiny object to say, you know, I want to go meet this team. And we tried to weed that out by saying, you know, what are some first time funds you've done?

Yeah. Now we divided and conquered. And the other thing is we tried to vet those meetings by first screening for the appetite for a first fund. There was, I think, a lot of interest in a shiny object to say, you know, I want to go meet this team. And we tried to weed that out by saying, you know, what are some first time funds you've done?

Yeah. Now we divided and conquered. And the other thing is we tried to vet those meetings by first screening for the appetite for a first fund. There was, I think, a lot of interest in a shiny object to say, you know, I want to go meet this team. And we tried to weed that out by saying, you know, what are some first time funds you've done?

If you haven't done anything in the last two years, you're probably not going to be excited you know, about doing, doing things. So we did a lot of pre-screening, but we actually got to probably a hundred meetings.

If you haven't done anything in the last two years, you're probably not going to be excited you know, about doing, doing things. So we did a lot of pre-screening, but we actually got to probably a hundred meetings.

If you haven't done anything in the last two years, you're probably not going to be excited you know, about doing, doing things. So we did a lot of pre-screening, but we actually got to probably a hundred meetings.

We were fortunate in that we were, we were pretty well oversubscribed. So it ended up being more, more than 20 yeses. And I think we could have raised a fund significantly larger than the one we raised. That said, we got a lot of no's as well. I mean, part of the LP community and understanding is what are they interested in? And

We were fortunate in that we were, we were pretty well oversubscribed. So it ended up being more, more than 20 yeses. And I think we could have raised a fund significantly larger than the one we raised. That said, we got a lot of no's as well. I mean, part of the LP community and understanding is what are they interested in? And

We were fortunate in that we were, we were pretty well oversubscribed. So it ended up being more, more than 20 yeses. And I think we could have raised a fund significantly larger than the one we raised. That said, we got a lot of no's as well. I mean, part of the LP community and understanding is what are they interested in? And