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Christian Lassonde

Christian Lassonde is the founder and managing partner of Impression Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing and leading deals in FinTech companies raising late seed to early Series A rounds. Her is a former founder, having built and sold Virtual Greats, a luxury online IP rights broker, and Millions of Us, a digital agency. Christian spent a decade in San Francisco building software for Second Life, LucasArts and Electronic Arts and selling solutions to Sony, Nike, Warner Brothers, General Motors, Coke, Intel and many more Fortune 500 companies. You can follow Christian on Twitter at @classonde

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Ask an Investor: What is founder vesting?

Oct 19, 2018

Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…

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Ask an Investor: What are the different types of investors?

Sep 21, 2018

VC, angel, strategic investor; these terms and more are thrown around as if we all understand what they mean, but that isn’t…

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Ask an Investor: What’s the difference between convertible debt, SAFE, and KISS?

Jul 13, 2018

My last article—what do the different share classes mean for me and my startup?—generated a lot of interest and feedback…

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Ask an Investor: What do the different share classes mean for me and my startup?

Jun 22, 2018

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Ask an Investor: How do I get an investor off my cap table?

Jun 4, 2018

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Ask an Investor: How do I sell to enterprises?

May 12, 2018

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Ask an Investor: How do I repair a frayed relationship with my lead investor?

Apr 27, 2018

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Ask an Investor: Should I give my advisors equity?

Apr 13, 2018

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Ask an Investor: What do VCs worry about?

Mar 23, 2018

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Ask an Investor: Should I worry about my VCs replacing me as CEO?

Mar 9, 2018

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Ask an Investor: Where is the best place to register my startup?

Feb 23, 2018

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Ask an Investor: How do I prepare for my first board meeting?

Feb 9, 2018

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Ask an Investor: Do I need insurance for my startup?

Jan 26, 2018

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Ask an Investor: When should I announce my funding round?

Jan 12, 2018

Ask an Investor has covered in the past if you should announce a funding round. So assuming you’ve decided to announce your…

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Ask an Investor: Is it common for investors to charge startups for legal fees?

Dec 15, 2017

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