Lo Toney, MBA - Leading Great Investors to Become the Best Fund Managers
Chris and Sean chat with Lo Toney, an MBA alum and Founding Managing Partner of Plexo Capital. Plexo Capital is an institutional investment firm Lo incubated and spun out from GV (Google Ventures).
In this episode, Lo tells us more about Plexo Capital and its goals. Plexo is a Portuguese word that means intricate vascular network, which is what the company is trying to build.
He also shares a bit of his origin, a rundown of his career post-Haas, and how he became a venture capitalist.
We also hear about Plexo's initiative, the GPx program. It provides free video-based self-learning content to teach great investors a new set of skills necessary to transition into great fund managers.
Episode quotes:
On becoming a venture capitalist
"It wasn't something that was on my radar, but I immediately gravitated towards it because I think that's actually more interesting being on the front end of the process, as opposed to the back end of the process."
Giving free access to GPx
"We feel that charging for it presents yet another barrier for the type of diverse general partners that we're looking to back. So, this is our way of giving back to the community - by providing the content, training, and feedback to make that transition from being a great investor to a great fund manager."
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