Bijan Sabet on Why He Has a Hard Time Investing in Africa?and Boston [TCTV]

This week's Ask a VC was with Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital, a standout in the younger generation of VCs whether you are looking at his portfolio (Twitter, Tumbr, Boxee, SendMe) or talking to entrepreneurs who work with him. I asked Sabet�about how fundraising went for Spark Capital, which just raised its third fund, and how much that early investment in Twitter helped the process. We also talk about a running theme on this show-- how startups outside the US can get US VC attention, and the limited investments that Spark has done overseas. We talk about basic ways in which Spark-- and Sabet in particular-- like to be pitched, the slide that will turn him off immediately and whether he ever funds one-man startups.

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