20 VC 013: Frank Meehan Series A, Spark Labs and The Future of The Asian Tech Market

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🗓️ 20 February 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Frank is Co-Founder and General Partner at Spark Labs Global seed fund where he has invested in 40 companies in the US, UK and Asia. Previously, Frank was part of Horizon Ventures where he represented them on the boards of Siri, Summly and Spotify, just to name a few.

Items mentioned in today's show:

SparkLabsGlobal

Horizon Venture

Brent Hoberman

Smartup

Youth Digital

Castle.io

Clinkle

In today's episode you will learn:

How Frank made his entry into the technology industry and later the world of venture capital?
What Frank would recommend someone who is trying to learn to code?
Is coding necessary for a Founder to be successful?
What does Frank believe makes the perfect Series A round?
How early is too early to invest for Frank?
How do VCs compete for the most competitive rounds?
What was Frank's most recent investment and why he said yes?
What sector is Frank most excited about and why?
When thinking of success, who is the 1st person that comes to Frank's mind?
What Frank learnt from working at Horizon?

We then finish today's episode with a quick fire round where we hear Frank's thoughts on the future of the Asian tech market and the hardest decision of Frank's career.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the 20 minute VC with Harry Stebbings, episode number 13.
0:05.0	And on today's show, I'm so excited to welcome Frank Meehan.
0:09.0	Frank is co-founder and partner at Spark Labs Global Seed Fund, where he's invested in 40 companies in the US, UK and Asia.
0:17.0	Previously, Frank was part of Horizon Ventures, representing them on the board of Sumley, Spotify, and Siri, just to name a few.
0:24.6	I'm so excited to welcome them onto the show. Let's jump straight into the interview.
0:28.6	Three, two, one, zero.
0:33.6	You have now arrived at your destination.
0:36.6	Frank, welcome to the 20 minute VC.
0:39.5	It's a great pleasure to have you here.
0:41.6	Now, I'm really curious to find out about how you got into the technology industry and then
0:46.5	later made your transition into the World of Venture Capital.
0:49.6	Can you tell us a little bit about that?
0:51.5	Sure, Harry.
0:52.1	Yeah.
0:52.2	So, I mean, I started coding on when I was like 11 or 12 because dad was bringing home pretty cool computers
1:01.3	all the time.
1:03.0	And then I ended up going to Sweden to do my last year of mechanical engineering.
1:08.9	I grew up in Australia and Sydney and then ended up going to Sweden to do my last year of mechanical engineering. I grew up in Australia and Sydney and then ended up going to Sweden to do my last year of
1:13.6	NJ.
1:14.9	And then after that, I got my first job, which was as coding actually and as a troubleshooter
1:20.5	in Erickson and Sweden.
1:22.6	And they sent me around the world troubleshooting equipment, which was great fun.
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