On this episode of The Distribution, Brandon Sedloff sits down with David Haber, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on technology investments in financial services.
David was previously a senior executive in Firmwide Strategy at Goldman Sachs where he helped lead partnerships, new ventures and M&A. Before joining the firm, David was the Founder and CEO of Bond Street, which aimed to transform small business lending through technology, data, and design. Bond Street was acquired by Goldman Sachs in October 2017 as part of the firm’s digital finance business. Previously, David was a venture investor at Spark Capital and a founding associate of Locus Analytics, a start-up asset management firm.
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Topics:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:29) - David’s background and career
(00:12:38) - Moving from entrepreneurship to a large organization
(00:17:14) - What was the thinking behind making the jump from Goldman Sachs to a16z?
(00:20:52) - The intersection of entrepreneurship and enterprise value company building
(00:27:56) - David’s experience as a venture investor
(00:29:42) - Defining Fintech
(00:33:01) - How are you adding value to partners?
(00:36:21) - What areas of Fintech are you most excited about?
(00:38:56) - Thoughts on generative AI
(00:41:47) - How are you gauging risk when underwriting an AI investment?
(00:45:20) - Developing an investment thesis
(00:47:36) - What are you excited about over the next 12 months?
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