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Jake Flomenberg is a Partner at Wing and focuses on next-generation infrastructure, SaaS, and security investments. Since joining Wing at the start of 2019 he has led 4 investments – including SiMa.ai and 3 stealth artificial intelligence related SaaS companies.

Jake Flomenberg is a Partner at Wing and focuses on next-generation infrastructure, SaaS, and security investments. Since joining Wing at the start of 2019 he has led 4 investments – including <a href="http://SiMa.ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SiMa.ai</a> and 3 stealth artificial intelligence related SaaS companies.

Ep136: Jake Flomenberg | Partner at Wing Venture Capital

In our second episode, Biplab sits down with Jake Flomenberg of Wing to discuss the AI investment thesis that helped him build companies like Demisto, Oasis Labs and Radar. Topics include Wing’s mission (1:00); how to distinguish good investments from bad investments (1:54); approaching AI investment in a crowded marketplace (3:20); asking founders ‘why’ over ‘how’ (6:27);  the importance of a strong vision (12:00); the difference between revolutionary vs. evolutionary AI (13:03); Jake’s investment decision criteria (16:37); prioritizing transparency when a partnership doesn’t go as planned (18:20); differentiating optimism from misrepresentation (20:00); what investment has surprised Jake most (20:50); and his biggest investment regrets (21:56).

In our second episode, Biplab sits down with Jake Flomenberg of Wing to discuss the AI investment thesis that helped him build companies like Demisto, Oasis Labs and Radar. Topics include Wing’s mission (1:00); how to distinguish good investments from bad investments (1:54); approaching AI investment in a crowded marketplace (3:20); asking founders ‘why’ over ‘how’ (6:27);  the importance of a strong vision (12:00); the difference between revolutionary vs. evolutionary AI (13:03); Jake’s investment decision criteria (16:37); prioritizing transparency when a partnership doesn’t go as planned (18:20); differentiating optimism from misrepresentation (20:00); what investment has surprised Jake most (20:50); and his biggest investment regrets (21:56).

Jake Flomenberg of Wing VC

Accel

Jake Flomenberg is a Partner @ Accel, one of the top performing venture funds of the last decade with investments in the likes of Dropbox, Slack, Facebook, Deliveroo and Atlassian, just to name a few. As for Jake, at Accel he specializes on all things Big Data and has led investments in the likes of Demisto, Origami Logic, Sumo Logic, Trifacta, and Zoomdata.  Prior to Accel, Jake was director of product management at Splunk, where he was responsible for the product’s user interface and big data strategy. Before that, he worked at Cloudera where he helped the founding team tackle a broad array of sales, marketing and product issues. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Jake made the transition from the world of operations with Cloudera and Splunk to the other side of the table, as Partner at Accel? 2.) Why does Jake believe a large element of his role is "how to make AI not BS"? How does he approach this from the three-legged stool of machine learning, data and workflow? How do each subsequently rank? 3.) To what extent is Jake concerned by the data incumbency advantages that are present in the market with Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA)? Where is the room for real opportunity and innovation? When should a startup be concerned about GAFA entering? 4.) How does Jake respond to Aaron Van Devender's suggestion that the value of large datasets is overplayed? Where are the inflection points in dataset value? How does David compare the value of initial data vs derivative data and the subsequent value? 5.) How does Jake assess the current state of the cybersecurity market? Is this increased investment period sustainable or due to more macro attention and events? Where does Jake feel the real opportunity is in cyber today? Where is it overplayed? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Jake’s Fave Book: Ready Player One Jake’s Fave Blog: The Morning Paper (Harry's Favourite also) Jake’s Most Recent Investment: Radar As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Jake on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Namely is the all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform your employees will love to use. It’s as intuitive as social media, but powerful enough to support the complexity of today’s workforce. Namely’s mission is to help mid-sized companies build a better workplace. See how Namely can transform your workplace at www.Namely.com. Eero is the world’s best-reviewed wifi. A system of eero and eero Beacons wirelessly connects to blanket your home in fast, reliable WiFi, so despite the increased number of devices with Christmas coming, you’ll still be able to get powerful mesh WiFi in every nook and cranny of your home, backyard included. No more dead spots, slow spots, drop-offs, or buffering — right out of the box. Eero is only available in the US and Canada and you can check it out here!

<a href="https://twitter.com/jflomenb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jake Flomenberg</a> is a Partner @ <a href="https://www.accel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accel</a>, one of the top performing venture funds of the last decade with investments in the likes of Dropbox, Slack, Facebook, Deliveroo and Atlassian, just to name a few. As for Jake, at Accel he specializes on all things Big Data and has led investments in the likes of Demisto, Origami Logic, Sumo Logic, Trifacta, and Zoomdata.  Prior to Accel, Jake was director of product management at Splunk, where he was responsible for the product’s user interface and big data strategy. Before that, he worked at Cloudera where he helped the founding team tackle a broad array of sales, marketing and product issues. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Jake made the transition from the world of operations with Cloudera and Splunk to the other side of the table, as Partner at Accel? 2.) Why does Jake believe a large element of his role is "how to make AI not BS"? How does he approach this from the three-legged stool of machine learning, data and workflow? How do each subsequently rank? 3.) To what extent is Jake concerned by the data incumbency advantages that are present in the market with Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA)? Where is the room for real opportunity and innovation? When should a startup be concerned about GAFA entering? 4.) How does Jake respond to Aaron Van Devender's suggestion that the value of large datasets is overplayed? Where are the inflection points in dataset value? How does David compare the value of initial data vs derivative data and the subsequent value? 5.) How does Jake assess the current state of the cybersecurity market? Is this increased investment period sustainable or due to more macro attention and events? Where does Jake feel the real opportunity is in cyber today? Where is it overplayed? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Jake’s Fave Book: <a href="http://amzn.to/2BGhlWS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ready Player One</a> Jake’s Fave Blog: <a href="https://blog.acolyer.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Morning Paper</a> (Harry's Favourite also) Jake’s Most Recent Investment: <a href="https://www.onradar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radar</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/twentyminutevc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jflomenb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jake</a> on Twitter here! <a href="https://www.snapchat.com/add/hstebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.</a> Namely is the all-in-one HR, payroll, and benefits platform your employees will love to use. It’s as intuitive as social media, but powerful enough to support the complexity of today’s workforce. Namely’s mission is to help mid-sized companies build a better workplace. See how Namely can transform your workplace at <a href="http://www.namely.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.Namely.com</a>. Eero is the world’s best-reviewed wifi. A system of eero and eero Beacons wirelessly connects to blanket your home in fast, reliable WiFi, so despite the increased number of devices with Christmas coming, you’ll still be able to get powerful mesh WiFi in every nook and cranny of your home, backyard included. No more dead spots, slow spots, drop-offs, or buffering — right out of the box. Eero is only available in the US and Canada and you can check it out <a href="http://www.eero.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here!</a>

20VC: The Value Chain of Machine Learning, Is There Really An Incumbency Advantage in ML & Will The Rise In Cyber Remain For the Long Term with Jake Flomenberg, Partner @ Accel