Walter Kortschak is the Founder of Kortschak Investments and a Senior Advisor at Summit Partners, where he spent 26 years and helped establish the firm’s West Coast investment presence, growing assets under management from $100 million to more than $20 billion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers.AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~Across more than three decades of investing, he has worked with entrepreneurs as an advisor, board member, and lead investor. His portfolio includes 23 companies that completed successful IPOs and 29 that were acquired, returning more than $7.8 billion of value to investors. Walter also helped launch SignalFire in 2013 as its founding investor, serving as Executive Chairman and CIO before becoming Chairman Emeritus and Founding Investor. He has been named to the Forbes Midas List and serves as a trustee at Caltech.Topics

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Walter Kortschak, Firestreak Ventures Founder on AI Investing