FF 012 - Frank Meehan, Sparklabs Global Ventures, Co-Founder & Partner - Early Days of Spotify, Seed Stage Investing, and the Learning Curve of Raising Capital

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 Frank Meehan - Co-Founder & Partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures and Partner at the SparkLabs Accelerator, Asia’s premier accelerator in Seoul, Korea.In the first third of this episode, we discuss the learning curve to raising capital as both a startup founder and a VC firm founder.Then, we delve into the nitty-gritty financials of investing at the seed stage and how a startup founder can attract further investors after receiving their first check.Finally, we discuss Frank’s time as a board member in the early days of Spotify in 2009 and what a fly on the wall of the now music streaming titan would have seen in those days.