Join the Stanford Law Start Up Project (SLASP) for a conversation over lunch with Abhijoy Mitra (CIV), Nat Levy-Westhead (General Catalyst), and Yoni Rechtman (Slow Ventures). Come hear about their unique paths to venture capital and how they choose companies to invest in. Learn about how they utilize lawyers every day and the traits they feel make a great VC lawyer. This event is for anyone who wants to go into VC or who is just curious about start-ups, private equity, or fintech. We hope to see you there!

Abhijoy is a career investor in technology and Co-Founder & Managing Partner at CIV, where he leads the investment team. Most recently, Abhijoy was General Partner at Coatue, a ~$50B investment platform where he led venture and growth stage investing in industrials and climate.

Nat is a Partner at General Catalyst on the fintech team, looking for ways that digitizing money can increase efficiency for SMBs, help modernize emerging economies, and unleash entrepreneurial energy across industry. Prior to General Catalyst, Nat was with Plaid, a fintech infrastructure startup, where he worked on developing a capital allocation strategy, evaluating M&A opportunities, and raising capital to continue to fund the company’s growth.

Yoni is a Principal at Slow Ventures backing pre-seed and seed founders with risk capital for early experimentation. He is a generalist investing across industries (healthcare, fintech, vertical market software, etc) and business models (software, marketplaces, buyouts, etc.) with an eye toward the real economy. Prior to Slow he was an investor at Tusk Ventures in NY investing in regulated industries.