Venture Math

Venture Math is a co-branded speaker series by the Haas FinTech Club and Lorenzo Barberis Canonico, President of Cassandra Labs.

Session 01 — Seed & First Institutional Capital with Rex Salisbury

For our inaugural session, Rex Salisbury, Founder & General Partner at Cambrian VC and former Partner at a16z, unpacks Seed & First Institutional Capital—from SAFEs and valuations to option pools and what investors look for before meaningful traction, drawing on Carta data from 40,000+ startups.

Session Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYa15c5zNfg

Session 02 — Accelerators & SAFEs

Recording unavailable due to the speaker’s company policy.

Session 03 — Series A & The Institutional Transition with Mercedes Bent

For Session 03, Mercedes Bent, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Premise Ventures and former Partner at Lightspeed, unpacks Series A & The Institutional Transition—from the Series A bar and seed-to-A timeline to bridge rounds, board formation, and the trade-offs of raising institutional capital.

Session Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSgUPQIQeA