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Notable Capital's Hans Tung on the state of VC and the upside to down rounds Equity

    • Entrepreneurship

This week, Mary Ann talked to Hans Tung, managing partner of Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital), which is focused on investing in the US as well as in Europe, Israel and Latin America.

Hans, whose portfolio includes the likes of Airbnb, StockX and Slack, discussed why he still believes in down rounds, the importance of long-term thinking and the current state of startup investment. We also dug into why Hans is so bullish on fintech and the sectors within fintech that especially have him psyched, the recent changes at his own firm, and why there have been so many personnel changes at VC firms as of late.

This week, Mary Ann talked to Hans Tung, managing partner of Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital), which is focused on investing in the US as well as in Europe, Israel and Latin America.

Hans, whose portfolio includes the likes of Airbnb, StockX and Slack, discussed why he still believes in down rounds, the importance of long-term thinking and the current state of startup investment. We also dug into why Hans is so bullish on fintech and the sectors within fintech that especially have him psyched, the recent changes at his own firm, and why there have been so many personnel changes at VC firms as of late.

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