Oct 28, 2019
My guest on today’s First Meeting
is Ash Fontana, a Managing Director at Zetta Ventures, a venture
capital firm that backs Artificial Intelligence companies with B2B
business models. The firm invests in early-stage companies
with unique data sets and models, and rolls up their sleeves to
help founders by using a playbook Zetta created specifically for AI
companies. Ash started his career as an entrepreneur and
investor, and before joining Zetta started and built the money side
of AngelList alongside Naval Ravikant.
Our conversation covers Ash’s background, Zetta’s thesis, team, and
strategy, and turns to Zetta’s sourcing, due diligence, decision
making, portfolio construction, working for portfolio companies,
and investment examples. Along the way, we cover the
evolution of AI, assessing data sets, misperceptions about AI,
competing with the tech giants, and the future of investing in the
space.
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