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VC10X - He Raised A $33 Million VC Fund In 3 Weeks - Zach Coelius, Founder & Managing Partner, Coelius Capital
· 41 min · Explicit
Episode VC10X - He Raised A $33 Million VC Fund In 3 Weeks - Zach Coelius, Founder & Managing Partner, Coelius Capital
Zach Coelius is the founder and Managing Partner at Coelius Capital. Zach runs a VC fund, an angel syndicate & a rolling fund at the same time. Some of his popular investments include Cruise Automation, Branch, BounceX, Angellist, Booksy, HelloSign, Apprente, Mercury and 50-plus other startups. Timeline: 00:00 - Coming up.. 00:45 - Episode intro 01:51 - Sponsored by Podcast10x.com - End-to-end podcasting agency for VCs 03:32 - Zach's story & starting with a 100% success rate in startup investments 06:34 - Story of how Zach raised $33 Million fund from 60 LPs in 3 weeks over Zoom calls in 2021 09:04 - Coelius Capital 09:48 - How has Zach's investment thesis evolved over time? 14:51 - Fund positioning for LPs 17:16 - No explicit reserve strategy 18:39 - Do returns get muted in VC funds due to LP guardrails on investment thesis? 20:12 - Funding weird ideas 24:37 - What's a harder job, founder or VC? 26:49 - Syndicate vs VC fund vs Rolling fund - managing all 3 simultaneously 29:14 - Why syndicate is a superpower? 31:14 - Common thread in successful companies 33:00 - VC bull run vs now 39:03 - Biggest learning as a VC 39:52 - Rapid fire round Links- ⭐Sponsor: Podcast10x - podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.com Coelius Capital website - https://coelius.vc/ Follow Zach on X - https://x.com/zachcoelius Follow Zach on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachcoelius 🎙️ Hosted by Prashant Choubey Follow Prashant on X - https://x.com/ChoubeySahab Follow Prashant on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab Email - prashantchoubey3@gmail.com Subscribe to VC10X on Youtube - https://youtube.com/@vc10x VC10X is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube.
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