Masters in Business · Friday, August 7, 2026
Jack Raines, an associate at Slow Ventures, describes venture capital as involving significant sales and relationship-building, often quantified by 'touch points.' He highlights Slow Ventures' contrarian approach, avoiding hype cycles like AI and focusing on long-term value. The firm also manages a Creator Fund, investing in YouTubers and podcasters as 'holding companies' for their various ventures.
“VC, especially at the big like it's like Slow is a fairly small fund, right, Like we have like total teams like fifteen or sixteen people, investment teams like nine or ten people.”
“We're not doing any of the stuff that it's cloud on Twitter because we can't fold, close or do dishes, right. I mean, it's we're like broadly generalists.”
“Our bet on that is that like distribution compared to like technical abilities is getting increasingly valuable.”