The Dart Board x FUTURE TITANS is proud to present Mike Chalfen of Chalfen Ventures, one of Europe’s most iconic venture investors and a pioneer of the solo GP model. Investing since the early days of the internet, Mike shares the lessons that shaped his approach to venture and why he ultimately chose to build his own firm.
Recorded live at the FUTURE TITANS Emerging Manager Summit, we discuss how emerging managers should define their investment swim lane, why early-stage companies often don’t benefit from formal boards, and the one metric Mike believes every investor should track: promises made versus promises fulfilled.
We also explore portfolio concentration, making non-consensus bets, and why trying to see every deal in venture is, in Mike’s words, 'the path to madness.'
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