Seed to Harvest

Impressionism Capital Founding Partner Sydney Thomas on Her Secret About Career Changes, Biggest Learnings from Precursor Ventures, and Her Thoughts on Fund Construction | Seed To Harvest Ep46

January 16, 2023 Paige Finn Doherty Episode 46
Seed to Harvest
Impressionism Capital Founding Partner Sydney Thomas on Her Secret About Career Changes, Biggest Learnings from Precursor Ventures, and Her Thoughts on Fund Construction | Seed To Harvest Ep46
Show Notes

Today, I’m joined by Sydney Thomas, the Founding Partner of Impressionism Capital. She invests in early stage startups, specifically focusing on investing in real people. Since becoming the first hire at Precursor VC, Sydney has built a community of over 400 co-investors along with intuitive systems that scale small to midsize teams. She is a proud Beyoncé stan and dedicated writer who writes about her experience building her first fund on her blog.

Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Sydney Thomas
05:41 Floating in the Matrix
10:21 Learnings from Charles Hudson
15:41 Deep history in legislation
20:21 Building systems that scale

Show notes:
Sydney Paige Thomas | https://twitter.com/sydneypaige10

Impressionism Capital | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydneypthomas/

Precursor VC | https://precursorvc.com/

Shruti Shah | https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrutishah1/

Jennifer Kim | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsnkim/

Charles Hudson | https://twitter.com/chudson

Maria Salamanca | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariasalamanca1/

Jomayra Herrera | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomayraherrera/

Miriam Rivera | https://twitter.com/miriamulu1

COZY song | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81j9gt1rXuk