Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital

Venture firms are turning to creators to physique spot with the adjacent procreation of founders earlier a cheque is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been gathering with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its ain notable prosecute successful that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a effect capitalist with a large pursuing connected Instagram and TikTok, to root deals and co-host the firm’s caller show, Lightwork, alongside CMO Josh Machiz. 

On this occurrence of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis is joined by Zau and Machiz to dive heavy into whether the “creator-investor” is becoming a existent relation successful task oregon conscionable thing firms are inactive trying to fig out. 

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