20VC: Why VC Subsidizes the Wrong Type of Business, Why Capital Gains Tax is Crazy, The Biggest Misalignments Between VCs, Founders and LPs, Why Business Model - Product Fit is as Important as Product-Market-Fit with Chris Paik @ Pace Capital

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · May 8, 2023 · 1h 9m

Chris Paik is a General Partner @ Pace Capital, an early-stage venture firm in NYC. Pace's first fund was $150M and their second was $250M. Before co-founding Pace, Chris was a General Partner at Thrive Capital where he spent an incredible 8 years having joined the firm when they were on their first $10M Fund.

In Today's Episode with Chris Paik We Discuss:

1. From Hipster to One of NYC's Best VCs:

How Chris made his way from not knowing about venture capital to being one of the most prominent in NYC?

What are 1-2 of his biggest takeaways from his 8 years at Thrive? How did they impact how he…