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Anupam Rastagi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
174 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

And we receive tons of that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

And then also through events and other things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

Our average check size is about $1.5 million initial check and then up to $3 to $5 million over the course of time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

You're talking about taking advantage of... Yeah, exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

Yes, we can invest more once the company is on its way.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

Yeah, so we can invest up to Series A from the core fund.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

And we do have an opportunity fund, which is for a select subset, which are scaling for larger Series A rounds.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

And Series B and Series C can be meaningful.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

So we have another fund from which we can continue investing in a select few.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

Yeah, that's a really good point.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

I think great founders are very good at the discovery questions early on.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

And, you know, when I meet a founder, I always give them an opportunity to ask questions.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

And I'd say the right, yeah, everyone should know, certainly before partnering, you know, what's the reserve strategy?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

How many overall deals?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

How many deals they're doing per year?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

How many deals per partner per year?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

How many deals has the partner, you know, how many boards is the partner on currently?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

Do they have time to spend with you?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

And then also, I'd say the future thing really comes into, I'd say, you know, everything is going fantastic.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Behind The Term Sheet: How this $76m Seed Stage Fund Really Works

Then the providers don't matter as much to founders.