Turner Novak is monetizing memes with venture capital
Banana Capital is an early-stage VC firm managing ~$10m. A key part of the fund s investing strategy: creating memes to get mindshare and win over both founders and other investors.
By:
Trung T. Phan
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@TrungTPhan
April 29, 2021
If you’ve been anywhere near tech Twitter over the past year, you’ve seen a viral tweet from Turner Novak.
The 30-year old investor pumps out investment memes and conjures up hysterical parodies of tech founding stories (seriously, read these and try not to laugh).
“Founding stories” for
It’s a very deliberate approach with an end goal in mind.
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