Lister Delgado, a first-generation immigrant from Peru, worked in telecom before co-founding IDEA Fund Partners in 2006. He now owns the firm as sole Managing Partner.
What Lister can write
IDEA Fund Partners writes $250K to $500K checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.
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- AT&T Bell Labs · technical roles
- Lucent Technologies · technical roles
- MCNC Ventures · corporate investment team
- IDEA Fund Partners · Managing PartnerNow
- AT&T Bell Labs
- Lucent Technologies
- MCNC Ventures
- IDEA Fund Partners · junior partnerNow
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Who is Lister Delgado?
Lister Delgado, a first-generation immigrant from Peru, worked in telecom before co-founding IDEA Fund Partners in 2006. He now owns the firm as sole Managing Partner.
How much does Lister Delgado invest?
Lister Delgado invests through IDEA Fund Partners, which writes checks of $250K to $500K at pre-seed, seed, series a.
How do I pitch Lister Delgado?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Lister in the subject. A warm intro from a founder IDEA Fund Partners backed works better.
What did Lister Delgado do before IDEA Fund Partners?
technical roles at AT&T Bell Labs; technical roles at Lucent Technologies; corporate investment team at MCNC Ventures; AT&T Bell Labs; Lucent Technologies; MCNC Ventures.
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