E182: Lessons from 17 Years at Menlo Ventures and Accel w/Tyler Sosin

In this episode, I speak with Tyler Sosin, founder of Villain Capital, a new fund focused on investing in vertical software businesses. Having grown up in the venture business for 17 years with storied firms Menlo Ventures and Accel Partners, Tyler brings a unique - and perhaps contrarian - perspective to venture investing. With Villain, Tyler's ambition is to help vertical focused founders efficiently scale their start-ups into dominant franchises that can compound their growth and relative market share over decades. The name of the firm, Villain, was inspired by a quote by Harvey Dent, a character in the Batman film The Dark Knight, who said to Batman, “You either die a hero or see yourself live long enough to become a villain.”