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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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20 VC 013: Frank Meehan Series A, Spark Labs and The Future of The Asian Tech Market

2015-02-20

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Frank is Co-Founder and General Partner at Spark Labs Global seed fund where he has invested in 40 companies in the US, UK and Asia. Previously, Frank was part of Horizon Ventures where he represented them on the boards of Siri, Summly and Spotify, just to name a few. Items mentioned in today's show: SparkLabsGlobal Horizon Venture Brent Hoberman Smartup Youth Digital Castle.io Clinkle In today's episode you will learn: How Frank made his entry into the technology industry and later t...

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