Founder & Funding Podcast

In this episode of the Founders & Funding Podcast, Angel6's founder, Alister Esam, shares with Philip Smith what really drives successful start-up investing, from spotting patterns across hundreds of deals to why traction matters more than ideas. They discuss founder traits, funding trade-offs, and the reality behind 10x returns and failed investments.

What really drives investment decisions? A lot of it comes back to fairly simple questions:

💥 traction

💥 discipline on price

💥 whether something is genuinely working (not just sounding good)

This episode might be helpful for anyone navigating a raise 🚀

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