SignalFire partners publish LP letter on a repeatable framework for spotting founder talent
soleio · x · 2026-10-29
Gokul Rajaram and Aditya Agarwal of SPC (SignalFire) co-wrote an LP letter distilling a decade of lessons on spotting talent from frontier-stage investing.
Their starting point: everyone agrees early-stage investing is "90% about the founder," but they've been unsatisfied by the statement's lack of falsifiability, specificity, and repeatability. The letter attempts to answer: what are the dimensions of excellence, and how do they translate into companies? A substantive read on VC methodology.
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