20 VC 012: Angel Investing, Accelerators and AdTech with Clark Landry | The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch | Podwise
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Clark Landry, founder and chairman at Shift Platform and executive chairman of Graph Effect, about his journey in the technology industry and his transition into angel investing. Clark shares his early experiences in online media buying, the arbitrage opportunities he identified, and the founding of Traffic Marketplace. He reflects on the impact of the dot-com bubble and discusses his involvement with TagWorld, a social networking site later sold to Viacom. Clark also shares his perspective on exits, the importance of empathy in the investor-entrepreneur relationship, and his criteria for selecting startups to back, emphasizing the significance of the team. The episode concludes with a quickfire round, where Clark reveals his favorite book, thoughts on tech accelerators, and his most recent investments, including Distilled, Trade Desk, Black Box, and BloomNation.
