Hector Mason is General Partner at Episode 1 Ventures, where he invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies using data driven insights. Often sourcing deals before founders have even left their job.
He supplements his work at Episode 1 as Co-Founder of Focal, a virtual demo day matching top seed companies with the best investors in the world.
As a self proclaimed productivity freak, he has also finds time to be the Co-Host of Riding Unicorns. A podcast focused on venture capital and growth startups where Hector has met many unicorn founders.
We talked about:
00:45 The new gold standard for demo days
04:41 How did you find the idea for Focal?
06:24 How do VC's find competitive advantage in the future?
10:05 Using Data & Tech in VC
18:55 Small teams doing the work of huge teams
22:03 What character traits define unicorn founders?
26:17 How hard do Founders really work?
29:20 Unicorn founders and wellness
30:29 The importance of self intuition
34:22 Hectors lifestyle as a VC, founder & podcast host
41:05 Becoming a Homing Missile to Money
44:45 How Hector became a general partner at 28
48:58 The Power of Curiosity
52:11 Pre-seed investing is a human business
57:03 Your most proud behaviour?
01:00:39 Content Strategy
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