Hector Mason is General Partner at Episode 1 Ventures, where he invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies using data driven insights. Often sourcing deals before founders have even left their job.

He supplements his work at Episode 1 as Co-Founder of Focal, a virtual demo day matching top seed companies with the best investors in the world.

As a self proclaimed productivity freak, he has also finds time to be the Co-Host of Riding Unicorns. A podcast focused on venture capital and growth startups where Hector has met many unicorn founders.

We talked about:

00:45 The new gold standard for demo days

04:41 How did you find the idea for Focal?

06:24 How do VC's find competitive advantage in the future?

10:05 Using Data & Tech in VC

18:55 Small teams doing the work of huge teams

22:03 What character traits define unicorn founders?

26:17 How hard do Founders really work?

29:20 Unicorn founders and wellness

30:29 The importance of self intuition

34:22 Hectors lifestyle as a VC, founder & podcast host

41:05 Becoming a Homing Missile to Money

44:45 How Hector became a general partner at 28

48:58 The Power of Curiosity

52:11 Pre-seed investing is a human business

57:03 Your most proud behaviour?

01:00:39 Content Strategy

Hector [Linked In]

Ollie [Twitter, WEBOAF]