Catch the attention of investors with non-obvious insights

Gaurav Jain, co-founder and managing partner at Afore Capital, describes the process of leading pre-seed and seed stage investments.  He gives examples of founders of startups with unproven business models and what convinced him to invest. 

• Think non-linear to create non-obvious insights like Kyle Vogt, founder and CEO at Cruise Automation
• Learn by playing in the field not by operating in vacuum
• Velocity of fund raising has increased because of remote work
• Once a VC commits you can't fire the investor nor can the VC un-invest in a startup. The VC - founder relationship is long-term lasting more than 10 years.
• Non-profit: American Civil Liberties Union