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E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens

E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens

Update: 2023-03-07
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In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Dan Ahrens, founding partner at Left Lane Capital, a New York based venture capital and early growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses. 


00:00 ​​ Intro 


02:43 Consumer vs. enterprise tech 


05:09 Getting into venture 


07:54 Raising Left Lane I 


10:35 Investing while fundraising 


13:09 The Left Lane Capital playbook 


17:09 Due diligence in a hot market 


18:52 Scaling Left Lane Capital 


21:36 Deployment pace 


23:28 Focus area 


26:04 Hard conversations 


28:10 Arc 


32:53 Exo Freight 


35:28 Supply Chain Tech 


37:04 Call to action

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E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens

E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens

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