Startup Investing: Launching a Rolling Fund, How to Find Investments, and Playing the Early-Stage Game with Andrew Gluck of IrrvrntVC

<p>In this episode of The Vitalize Podcast, Justin Gordon (<a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">@justingordon212</a>) talks with Andrew Gluck (<a href="https://twitter.com/irrvrntVC">@irrvrntVC</a>) the GP of irrvrntVC, a firm focused on early-stage companies in the DTC, AdTech, and NextGen Commerce areas. He especially loves partnering with first-time founders so they can learn from his mistakes. Prior to that he co-founded and ran Agency Within, the largest independent digital marketing agency with a focus on direct-response, data-driven marketing. He managed close to $1BB in spend for clients like Nike, Billie and Zola.</p><p><br>Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/irrvrntVC </p><p><strong>Topics Discussed <br></strong><br>- How Andrew got into investing and invested in Caraway pre-product and pre-launch, Branch Furniture after reaching out on LinkedIn, and Lunchbox as the first check<br>- Finding great founders in great markets<br>- What makes founders stand out<br>- The benefit of having the experience of working with a lot of different early-stage founding teams<br>-  Why Andrew over indexes on go-to-market and CAC and the level of detail founders can go into<br>- The importance of timing at pre-seed<br>- How hands-on Andrew is as an investor<br>- How to find companies really early and the cap Andrew put on companies he can invest in out of his fund<br>- The opportunity at the early stages of investing<br>- Why Andrew started a rolling fund vs. just continuing angel investing<br>- Figuring out the structure for a rolling fund and the amount to raise</p><p><strong>More about the show:<br></strong><br></p><p>The Vitalize Podcast, a show by <a href="https://vitalize.vc/">Vitalize Venture Capital</a> (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member <a href="https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/">angel community</a> open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.</p><p>Hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">Justin Gordon</a>,