Are Seed Rounds Overpriced? w/ Ben Sun, GP at Primary Venture Partners

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Are Seed Rounds Overpriced? w/ Ben Sun, GP at Primary Venture Partners

The Consumer VC Episode 184 with Ben Sun, founder and GP at Primary Venture Partners

Mike Gelb

Dec 16, 2021

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Hey Friends,

My guest today is Ben Sun, co-founder and general partner at Primary Venture Partners.

Primary focuses on investing in companies at seed that were founded in New York and has the largest seed stage portfolio impact team. Some of his investment include Jet.com, Coupang, K Health and Mirror. Previously he co-founded Community Connect, which was one of the first social networking companies.

We discuss:

Optimizing for growth over profitability
The evolution of social
Why he’s anti-thesis
A macro analysis of the current seed market
Why he’s so bullish on NYC’s startup ecosystem

I hope you enjoy!

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The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing

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