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Anupam Rastagi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
174 total appearances

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

And then we have a bunch of individuals actually who are very well placed in the enterprise space.

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

So a number of successful founders of companies that have had good exits and then senior executives at pretty much any enterprise company you can think of.

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

So a lot of those folks have skin in the game and they're also a very helpful source for our founder community.

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

helping them navigate to product, market, freedom, and beyond.

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

So yeah, it's a combination of institutions, which has a lot more reckoning and long-term and good support pillars for us.

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

And then individuals who bring a lot of operating expertise with them.

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

I would say, you know, I don't know if that has a very meaningful impact on the founder directly.

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

What could matter to founders is the fund being around and being prominent over time or not.

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

So if the fund, let's say, invests in your company and then it just shuts down six months later or something like that, that's probably the worst case scenario or one of the bad case scenarios.

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

So I'd say as long as there's...

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

Yeah, I think this is the same question that you asked.

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

I think that's, yeah, some founders ask us, and I think that's a good question to ask.

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

Who are your LPs and how do you see the future of the firm and things like that?

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

I think that's probably relevant and a good question to ask and understand.

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

And also, I think founders often...

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

You know, when we invest, often also speak with other founders that we are investors in, for example.

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

So I encourage founders to do that.

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

But, you know, any fund they're looking to work with, just reach out to your networks, to other founders that the firm has invested in.

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

And over time, you know, those existing founders would probably have a sense as well of how the firm is doing and which way they're headed and how helpful they are.

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

I think that's great.