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Got "Founder Fit?" If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It

Up and Running

A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. Boris Wertz.

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Cake Over Heels – In Love With Baking

YoungUpstarts

But it was in Sydney that his baking skills came to the fore – he started baking out of boredom in 2002 for a friend’s birthday party, and when the cake received rave reviews he became de-facto baker for gatherings. So the partners put together S$200,000 as seed capital and finally started Cake Over Heels in May this year.

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