First Funders

First Funders

Por: Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani
Learn from angel and seed investors bold enough to write the first check.

How do they decide which startups to invest in?
How do they gain conviction in founders and ideas?
How do they add value to their companies?

Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani are operators turned investors. They chat with their friends investing in early-stage technology startups and learn about their strategies to fund the best founders and startup companies.

If you are an angel investor or seed investor, you'll hear how others operate.
If you are a startup entrepreneur, you'll hear how investors filter and decide on writing that first check.
22 episodios disponibles

Latest episodes of the podcast First Funders

S2E04: Resilience as a Thesis: Tahira Dosani on Building for Underserved Markets and AI in Fintech 30/09/2025
S2E03: Atoms over bits: Investing in hardware and innovative founders to solve climate challenges - Sundeep Ahuja, Climate Capital 27/05/2025
S2E02: Before Clay Was a Unicorn: The First Check, the Thesis, and the Long Game - Andre Charoo, Maple VC 22/04/2025
S2E01: Lessons on AI, PM, and LLMs from founder, investor, and operator Shalin Mantri 27/03/2025
15: Founder to fintech evangelist to Internet personality and always a Taco Bell enthusiast – Sheel Mohnot, Better Tomorrow Ventures 20/11/2024
14: First checks for dropouts, students, and deep tech sci-fi founders - Danielle Strachman, 1517 Fund 16/10/2024
13: Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund has seen over 50,000 companies and made 800 investments – usually in just 30 minutes 08/10/2024
12: First checks building the future of cities since 2012 led to unicorn investments and $215M in AUM - Julie & Clara, Urban Innovation Fund 24/09/2024
11: How one of Arian Ghashghai’s virtual reality companies is on track to hit $20M in revenue after one round of funding 10/09/2024
10: How Amit Garg co-founded an AI-first seed fund before AI took off 27/08/2024
09: Angels of Shopify investing collectively and lessons on following your gut - Atlee Clark, Angel 23/07/2024
08 Takeaways: Charles Hudson, Precursor Ventures: macro, team vs market, fund size vs. outcomes 09/07/2024
08: From the CIA to Google to 400+ pre-seed investments, first and early to define pre-seed - Charles Hudson, Precursor 02/07/2024
07: Angel in 100+ startups, focused on learning and catalyzing mission-first startups - Eric Ries, Creator Lean Startup, Founder, LTSE 12/06/2024
06: Finding Alpha in Texas - Rajiv Bala, Clutch VC 22/05/2024
05: Discovering hidden baseball talent to leading Sales at Stripe all applied to finding outliers in tech - Meka Asonye, First Round Capital 02/04/2024
04: 3x tech founder turned seed VC brings a founder mindset to startup investing - Amit Kumar, Accel 12/03/2024
03: Angel vs VC, finding purpose and community in startup investing - Rachel Sheinbein 27/02/2024
02: 300 startup investments, 500 LPs, sharp elbows - Jenny Fielding, Everywhere Ventures 14/02/2024
01: State of Venture Capital 2024 with Arjun Arora 25/01/2024
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