Investing in down rounds (VC School) + The Lightsmith Group Co-Founder Jay Koh (Climate) | E1431

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Another Sunday edition of This Week in Startups! In VC Sunday School, Jason answers a question about investing in down rounds (1:54)from "Noti Gang" member Bob Gee. Then, Molly has a great interview with Jay Koh (12:16), an investor at The Lightsmith Group about how he invests in the climate landscape (20:41), cautionary tales from the first climate investing wave (32:13), and more.

(0:00) Jason intros today’s episode
(1:54) VCSS: Has Jason Participated in a down round and what were his lessons?
(11:00) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(12:16) TWiCS Intro: Molly’s interview with Jay Koh
(19:10) Intercom - Get advanced Intercom features and Early Stage Academy at a 95% discount https://www.intercom.com/early-stage
(20:41) Overlooked areas in the climate landscape (ie. supply chain management)
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(31:45) Are there areas venture should steer clear of when it comes to climate?

Check out The Lightsmith Group: https://lightsmithgp.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, everybody, it's another Sunday edition of this week
0:02.8	and startups first up, we have an impromptu VC Sunday school.
0:06.3	Molly and I took a random question
0:08.3	from Nody Gang member Bob G on the live stream
0:10.7	and it was supposed to be a Nody only moment,
0:13.0	but it was so good, we thought we had to share it with you.
0:16.0	Now, if you wanna join the Nody Gang,
0:17.6	that's the notification gang
0:19.3	and you can see myself and Molly answer questions live,
0:21.8	you just go to youtube.com slash this weekend.
0:24.6	You click the subscribe button on YouTube
0:26.1	and then right next to it is a notification bell.
0:28.2	Every time you go live, you will get a notification.
0:30.5	And then Molly has a great interview with Jay Co.
0:33.6	He is an investor at the Light Smith Group.
0:36.0	He's been investing in climate startups for over two decades
0:39.0	and he was one of Molly's first contacts
0:40.6	in the climate space.
0:41.8	It's an amazing interview, stick with us.
0:44.5	This week in startups is brought to you by Coda.
0:48.1	Coda is the all-in-one doc for teams.
0:50.8	If you've got a stack of niche workflow tools
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