Everything you need to know about term sheets and valuations/compensation.

Justin is the founder and managing partner of 137 Ventures, an investment firm focused on private technology companies. Previously, he worked at Founders Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm, where he was responsible for all aspects of the investment process and led the firm’s financial and operations functions.... [read more]

Everything you need to know about term sheets and valuations/compensation.

Justin is the founder and managing partner of 137 Ventures, an investment firm focused on private technology companies. Previously, he worked at Founders Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm, where he was responsible for all aspects of the investment process and led the firm’s financial and operations functions. While there, he guided the investment in SpaceX, the first private company to develop a liquid fueled rocket to achieve Earth orbit. He also served on the boards of Clickable, Adorn, Inigral and Navia; and he remains involved in those companies since his departure from Founders Fund. Prior to that, Justin was the CEO of SSE, a conglomerate of businesses at Stanford University. He led SSE to the largest expansion of revenue and profitability in the organization’s history. Earlier in his career, Justin was the Director of Sales at Cellfire, a mobile promotional marketing service and worked as an engineer at Raytheon/Texas Instruments. Justin also served under Alan Larson, the Undersecretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department. Justin holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in management science and engineering and a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.

David Lipa is the founder and CEO of Lightserve, a document security company headquartered in Silicon Valley. He was formerly a vice president at EB Exchange Funds, a private equity firm that enables entrepreneurs to diversify by swapping stock. Prior to joining EBX, David worked at the private equity secondaries desk of Pantheon Ventures, where he valued portfolios of illiquid securities ranging from buyout partnership positions to top quartile venture funds. He previously worked for Hambrecht & Quist Asia Pacific in Manila, assisting with direct venture investing in the Asia Pacific region, and later for Hupomone Capital Partners in Shanghai. Originally from Silicon Valley, David is a graduate of Stanford University.


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