E50 Establishing a growth equity firm with Left Lane Capital founding partner Dan Ahrens

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Dan Ahrens, founding partner at Left Lane Capital, a New York based venture capital and early growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses.

00:00​​ Intro

02:43 Consumer vs. enterprise tech

05:09 Getting into venture

07:54 Raising Left Lane I

10:35 Investing while fundraising

13:09 The Left Lane Capital playbook

17:09 Due diligence in a hot market

18:52 Scaling Left Lane Capital

21:36 Deployment pace

23:28 Focus area

26:04 Hard conversations

28:10 Arc

32:53 Exo Freight

35:28 Supply Chain Tech

37:04 Call to action