"The best VCs are former operators. We don’t hire non-former operators on our team. It comes from a place of underwriting edge but also credibility in sitting down across from entrepreneurs." - Logan Allin

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Takeaways

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• Allin credits chess with teaching him discipline, pattern recognition and resilience.
• He was an early adopter of Bitcoin, buying it around $10 a coin.
• He believes that the best venture capitalists are those with operational experience.
• He imposes stringent rules on angel investments to manage risks and conflicts.
• He emphasizes the importance of actual financial returns in investment strategies, rather than relying on hypothetical or unrealized gains.

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Bio

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Logan Allin is the Managing Partner & Founder of Fin Capital where he is responsible for management of the firm, sourcing/making investments, maintaining board responsibilities, and adding operating value across the portfolio. Logan was most recently Vice President of SoFi Ventures, where he was tasked with investing in and working hands-on with FinTech companies, as well as running SoFi’s accelerator and corporate development efforts.

Prior to SoFi, Logan was focused on entrepreneurial advisory and operating roles at Light Street Capital, Formation 8/Group, Zanbato, Addepar, Point Finance, Price, BridgeAthletic and ONEHOPE. Prior to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Logan was a corporate executive, as Head of Strategy, overseeing the enterprise FinTech strategy and execution, while serving as a member of the Operating Committee at Atlantic Trust, the Private Wealth Management arm of Invesco (and now CIBC). Previously, Logan was a Senior Vice President in City National Bank’s wealth management division (now part of RBC) where he led the technology strategy, open product architecture platform, and other strategic initiatives. Logan spent his earlier career in management consulting, in leadership positions at PwC, EMC, and Capgemini, focused exclusively on the intersection of Financial Services and technology.

Logan earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in public policy and political science from Duke University and a M.S. in Management from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business where he was a Sloan Fellow.

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