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May 17, 2022

Dispatches from a London VC: My first angel coming-out party

If you haven't been invited to an angel coming-out party, you might be a peasant.


Rosie Wood

3 min read

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Rosie Wood is a (fictional) associate at the VC firm Mild Conviction. It’s a generalist, multistage fund with offices in London, Paris and Verbier. They’re not like normal VCs — they don’t need to do a tonne of due diligence to decide on an investment. Instead, they’re simply looking for companies and founders that are pretty good. Because pretty good is usually good enough. Catch up on her other dispatches here. 

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Rosie Wood

Rosie Wood is Sifted's fictional VC columnist

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