A VC Roundup - Raising from VCs & getting into the industry

A VC Roundup - Raising from VCs & getting into the industry

Author: JBM, James Mitra August 14, 2024 Duration: 31:37
“This is a long partnership. We’re here to return money to our investors, but we are also here to experience a very unique journey together. So, trust is very important, on both sides.”  We’ve been so lucky to have some of the best VCs in the industry, come on 40 Minute Mentor over the years.  For today’s episode, we thought we’d collate some of the best VC advice we received on the podcast to date.  You’ll hear from:  🌟 Leila Rastegar-Zegna, Founding General Partner of Kindred Capital  🌟 Hannah Seal, Partner at Index Ventures 🌟 Pippa Lamb, Partner at Sweet Capital  🌟 Ian Hogarth, Partner at Plural  🌟 Antoine Nussenbaum, Co-Founder of Felix Capital  🌟 Cleo Sham, ex-Partner at Stride.VC  🌟 Check Warner, Co-Founder of Ada Ventures  Episode chapters:  ➡️ Hardest part of being a VC [01:30]  ➡️ Investing at Seed stage [04:09]  ➡️ Mission first VCs [04:40]  ➡️ Backing exceptional Founders [08:30]  ➡️ Being strategic in choosing your fund [16:20]  ➡️ DE&I in VC [22:45]  ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Find all of the full episodes used in today’s roundup in the 40 Minute Mentor archives, or by searching ‘Name + 40 Minute Mentor’ on Google: https://jbmc.co.uk/40-minute-mentor/  ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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