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“Team sports are a great proxy for working in companies, where often the power of the collective is way stronger than any individual.”
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Eight Roads backs and partners with game-changing tech and healthcare companies across Europe, Asia, Israel and the US. The platform has 50+ years of venture investing experience, $11bn in AUM, over 300 portfolio companies and they’ve had 60+ IPOs.
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