Investor Stories 432. The Pain of Passing: Missed Bets on Uber, DoorDash, and Great Founders Who Proved Them Wrong (Shapiro, York, Dash)

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified · Oct 9, 2025 · 5m

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:

Craig Shapiro of Collaborative Fund

Kyle York of York IE

Somesh Dash of IVP

Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out.

The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.

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