A VC Roundup - Raising from VCs & getting into the industry
40 Minute Mentor14 Aug 2024

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

“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/


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