> It turns out that Eggers actually persuaded his partners to cough up only $485,000 of the $500,000 investment. This almost certainly means convincing his par

> It turns out that Eggers actually persuaded his partners to cough up only $485,000 of the $500,000 investment. This almost certainly means convincing his partners to let someone else come in instead if LVP taking the whole $500k. Lightspeed has over $3B in assets under management and $500k is already at the low end of check sizes they'd generally write. On the other hand, squeezing a friend into an interesting deal is a big favor.