Venture Passport

S1E1: Matt Wilson, Co-founder @ Omnipresent <> Joe Thornton, Partner @ Playfair

Jack Richardson Season 1 Episode 1

This week's guests are Matt Wilson, Co-founder at rocketship Omnipresent, and Joe Thornton, Partner at Playfair Capital.

Omnipresent allows businesses to hire the best people in the world wherever they are, taking care of all admin and bureaucracy. Playfair Capital (who have just raised their third institutional fund of $70m) first met Matt & invested in Omnipresent’s August 2020 pre-seed round.

We discuss:

  • The impact of Entrepreneur First; finding a Co-founder & the steep learning trajectory
  • Joe & Playfair’s list of promises to support Omnipresent pre term sheet
  • Who the first hires should be in any startup; a science or an art?
  • How to set goals and build a positive culture in hyper-scale
  • How Matt’s personal motivations have changed over time