
Panic with Friends – Investing for Profit and Joy
I had a great time catching up with Abe Finkelstein. He’s a GP at Vintage Investment Partners based out of Israel – a $3 billion venture capital fund of funds. We talk Israel, we talk growth, we talk about tech and how all this stuff works – all the parts of the system. Prior to joining Vintage in 2003, Abe was an equity analyst with Goldman Sachs covering Israeli technology companies. Before Goldman, Abe was Vice President at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, where he helped start and then headed their Israel technology shares institutional sales effort. Abe has a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.
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You can also listen right here on the blog:
Guest: Abe Finkelstein
Profile: General Partner at Vintage Investment Partners
Where to Find Him: LinkedIn
What’s Abe Panicked About?: Traveling again. (but not why you think)
Show Notes:
- Introduction. (00:40)
- Welcome Abe. (04:09)
- Starting a career in finance. (06:17)
- Moving to Israel. (07:25)
- Getting Vintage off the ground. (10:25)
- Living through multiple market cycles. (10:57)
- Deploying funds across three geographies. (11:37)
- Making few direct investments recently. (12:47)
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