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Today my guest is Abel Samot - VC Associate and head of data at Red River West. Abel has background in computer science and he has been passionate about bringing data approach to VC industry. At Red River West he has been at the forefront in building whole infrastructure from scratch and shaping data culture. Red River West has specific investment thesis and that shapes also needs for insights. In our conversation we talk about importance of data, legal aspects, how to shape data culture at the company, importance of UI and UX of a product and how LLM’s can potentially change the whole game for startups and investors.
p.s. Our conversation was recorded in September of 2023. Before launch of custom gpt’s and assistant api.
Background of Abel
Incremental journey to RAMP (Red River Algorithmic Management Platform)
RRW investment thesis
Using RAMP across VC pipeline
Importance of quality of data
Approximating company progress in different scores
Cultural shift to data-driven
Making sure people use platform daily
Product management approach
Importance of UI/UX of a platform
Transparency of signals
Building vs. buying solutions
Collecting data for future use
Tech stack at RRW
Legal aspects of data
Stage of Data-driven industry
How data-driven approach could shape future of venture capital
Potential problem to differentiate yourself when everyone has data
Advice for vc's who want to start data-driven approach
Starwatcher podcast #6 - Abel Samot - VC Associate & Head of Data at Red River West