Richard Kerby – Path From IB Analyst to Pursuing His Venture Capital Dreams

The Pathfinders

It’s time for another edition of The Pathfinders, brought to you by Ansarada, with our host former NFL Player, Investor and Entrepreneur Dhani Jones and this week he talks with Richard Kerby, a General Partner at Equal Ventures. In 2012, Richard joined Venrock where his investments included 6Sense, Amino Apps, Beckon, Burner Luxe Valet and Salsify. He is here today to share some of his dealmaking stories, the importance of diversity in venture capital enterprises, and maybe even give us a few tips for identifying good investments too. Not to mention you will get to hear about where Richard is utilizing his talent for identifying and evaluating early stage investments. We get to learn a bit about his background starting his career in investment at Credit Suisse and how being an analyst put him on the track for success. The duo take a dive into his time at Venrock and get an understanding of why it's important to have a diverse portfolio. They also talk about how one can go about diversifying knowledge to spot investment opportunities across multiple industries. Hear from Richard himself some advice for anyone who is scared or intimidated to get into the VC world and what some of the benefits are to challenging yourself. You will also get some insight into Equal Ventures, the ideals it was founded on and how they are going about approaching so many different investment sectors in new and unique ways. And some of the amazing work Richard is doing to encourage diversity in investing with his exciting networks like ‘Stealth Mode’. Through his work at Equal Ventures, Richard is coming at investing and dealmaking from a whole new perspective. This is some essential listening, so you do not want to miss it! Press play and start listening to The Pathfinders, presented by Ansarada.

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