Joe Aaron came to venture capital from an unusual background, moving from the FBI to hedge fund management before founding TRAC, and that history shows up in his focus on data and predictive signals over traditional networking. He also studies investors as closely as startups, tracking a database of over 430,000 investors to spot who consistently gets into future unicorns early, and he's known for skipping the usual round of founder meetings, choosing not to meet over video call until he's already decided to invest.