Fusing Incubating and Investing to Unleash Human Potential, with Peter Liu of Revelry Venture Partners | Startup Investing

<p>Justin Gordon (<a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">@justingordon212</a>) talks with Peter Liu (<a href="https://twitter.com/neworleansvc">@NewOrleansVC</a>), Managing Partner at Revelry Venture Partners. RVP is a full service venture capital firm with a unique model that includes both a fund investing in pre-seed and seed SaaS and tech-enabled solutions, as well as an incubation studio that supports their founders every step of the way. They are a team of builders that actually work for their founders to solve the problems that matter during the lonely, difficult, and scary initial phases of launching a startup.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://revelry.co/">Revelry Venture Partners</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/petereliu/">linkedin.com/in/petereliu/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/neworleansvc">@NewOrleansVC </a></p><p><br>Show Notes:</p><ul> <li>How Peter first got into VC</li> <li>How he got the idea for what Revelry Venture Partners is today while participating in the Kauffman Fellowship</li> <li>The barbell versus incubation models Peter has observed in VC</li> <li>The different variations of RVP and their unique model</li> <li>How they manage their $15M fund between traditional pre-seed/seed investing and incubating</li> <li>Why they’re excited to be based in New Orleans</li> <li>The process of raising their fund and the experience of working with first-time LPs </li> <li>The challenges of being unique and finding your niche as a VC firm</li> <li>How they evaluate early stage companies and founders to make sure they’re a good fit for RVP’s model</li> <li>Unique insights on customer acquisition Peter has seen</li> <li>Areas where Peter sees high potential and is excited about investing in </li> </ul><p><br>More about the show:</p><p>The Vitalize Podcast, a show by <a href="https://vitalize.vc/">Vitalize Venture Capital</a> (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member <a href="https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/">angel community</a>