Redpoint looks to fresh faces to pilot its latest $400M fund
Summary
Alex Bard joined last year after running email marketing startup Campaign Monitor and previously serving as an EVP and GM at Salesforce.Kadavy, Bard, and others have to serve as a kind of voice of reason when they get a call late on a Saturday night from a founder freaking out after some huge deal fell through or a business came to a complete halt, and talk them through that whole process based on their experiences — just be there to listen.At a time when mental health becomes a critical focus in the tech world, that’s essentially turned into a part of the job for any venture partner.For Dudum and Sharkey, the backstory is pretty similar — they both got to know Redpoint partners very early on before they ended up as investors in Hims and Brandless.Kadavy, Bard, and the rest of the team are tasked with sourcing those best deals and ensuring that they can at least get the attention of founders early on even if they aren’t going to invest in them right away.