The Monsters of Finance XShapeshifters

Shapeshifter · No. 04 of 10

Patrick O'Shaughnessy

@patrick_oshag

Runs a venture firm, a magazine and Invest Like the Best, switching between interviewer and allocator.
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What makes a Shapeshifter

Shapeshifters won't pick one seat. They've built companies, backed them and written about them, so they see every deal from more than one side.

The other shapeshifters

Founder, investor, LP. Sometimes all on one cap table.

  1. No. 01: Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi

    Founder, operator and fintech VC who has sat on every side of a term sheet, sometimes in the same week.

  2. No. 02: Harry Stebbings@HarryStebbings

    Built 20VC from a podcast into a fund, so the person interviewing you might also be pricing your round.

  3. No. 03: Nithin Kamath@Nithin0dha

    Bootstrapped Zerodha into one of India's biggest brokers, then crossed the table to invest via Rainmatter.

  4. No. 05: Packy McCormick@packyM

    Writes Not Boring, invests and builds, and holds a different seat at the table depending on the day.

  5. No. 06: Simon Taylor@sytaylor

    Fintech Brainfood author, operator and advisor who has seen the industry from just about every seat.

  6. No. 07: Lolita Taub@lolitataub

    Founder and GP of Ganas Ventures, writing the first check and the playbook for the founder who cashes it.

  7. No. 08: Alex Johnson@AlexH_Johnson

    Fintech Takes writer who has been operator, analyst and builder, sometimes before lunch.

  8. No. 09: Turner Novak@TurnerNovak

    Invests through Banana Capital and interviews founders on The Peel, wearing the banana for both.

  9. No. 10: fintechjunkie@fintechjunkie

    QED co-founder who helped write the fintech VC playbook and still invests by it.