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EP122: How VCs Spot Billion-Dollar Startups Before Everyone Else
In this episode of $100M Exits, Jason sits down with Dan Nguyen-Huu, Partner at Decibel Ventures, to unpack what early-stage specialist investing really looks like, from getting into Databricks at a $950M valuation to seeding Sublime Security before it raised a $150M Series C.
Dan breaks down how Decibel backs technical founders in cybersecurity, AI engineering, and developer tools, why contrarian bets only work if you deeply understand the domain, and what founders get catastrophically wrong about M&A, including why the one executive betting their career on you matters more than anything…
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