Daniel catches up with Charles Canning-Smith, Partner at Ballpark Ventures. Investing in early stage technology startups, the UK born venture capital firm recently saw its biggest success with the unicorn exit of fashion marketplace Depop, selling for 1.6 billion USD.
Daniel and Charles discuss the key factors to finding great investments including characteristics of the right team behind a business, looking for ‘change waves’ in the market and lastly a promising product.
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