Chad Byers, Susa Ventures - Starting a VC, Robinhood's Seed Round, & A WFT Exclusive Announcement‪!‬ Wharton FinTech Podcast

Ryan Zauk brings you a great episode today with Chad Byers, Partner & Co-Founder of Susa Ventures.

Susa is a sector-agnostic early-stage VC investing in areas like Enterprise Software, Fintech, Logistics, Healthcare, Consumer & Frontier Tech. Notable investments include Robinhood, Fast, Flexport, PolicyGenius, Okra, LendUp, Nova Credit, Railz, Treasury Prime, and Expanse.

Chad was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 for VC in 2015. Prior to Susa Ventures, Chad was the senior director of platform at Integrate.com and held various marketing and product roles at Silver Spring Networks, Bloom Energy, and Electronic Arts.

They discuss:

- His unusual path to venture and the critical tools he used to become an incredible cold-emailer, meeting a16z’s Chris Dixon and BoxGroup’s David Tisch
- The wild story of turning a Jon Stewart taping into an internet phenomenon!
- Susa Ventures and the exciting, Wharton Fintech exclusive release of their upcoming opportunities fund (15:30)
- Critical advice for starting your first fund (or angel investments)
- His seed Robinhood investment, including the moment the lightbulb went off
- Fintech trends he's most excited ]for
- And much more!

Mentioned in the Episode:
Jon Stewart Tweet Thread: https://twitter.com/chadbyers/status/1273726486973804545?lang=en
Robinhood COO: https://bit.ly/3AGEHdi
Atom Finance CEO on PFOF: https://bit.ly/3hK0EzI

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