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Sasha Kaletsky, Creator Ventures | Shares His Unconventional Journey to Enabling Creatives Around the World with His Cousin, YouTube Icon, Caspar Lee
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Today's Unlimited Partner is Sasha Kaletsky, Co-Founder of Creator Ventures along with his cousin Caspar Lee, a YouTube sensation. Sasha's unconventional story on how he got into venture capital involves passing out club fliers to Oxford students, choosing to launch Uber in Birmingham, England instead of London, getting his masters at Harvard Business School, to working with his cousin Caspar Lee who after many years of trial and error, emerged as a social media star. They then decide to build companies together. Their latest is Creator Ventures, which invests in early-stage consumer-internet companies. It closed its first fund, at $20M. We do a deep dive into lessons they've learned along the way.
Topics include:
- Sasha's background
- Caspar starts influencer.com
- How they were able to build a marketplace for influencers and brands
- Bringing investment opportunities to creators
- Launching Creator Ventures with $20M initial fund
- Their 4 themes for investing
- Tips for posting on social media
- Sasha's favorite song (New pod question)
Guest:
Sasha Kaletsky, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Creator Ventures (Caspar Lee)
Host:
Thomas McGannon, CFA
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