EP36: Semil Shah (founder Haystack, early investor in DoorDash, Instacart, Figma) on the current fundraising market and building intuition to pick winners early

Paradigm Shift
24/01/2023 38 min Temporada 2 Episodio 36
EP36: Semil Shah (founder Haystack, early investor in DoorDash, Instacart, Figma) on the current fundraising market and building intuition to pick winners early

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Semil is the founder and GP at Haystack, an early-stage VC firm with $450M+ AUM. He’s an investor in 200+ companies including DoorDash, Instacart, Hashicorp, Figma and more. In this conversation we discuss the current funding environment, Semil's approach to venture capital and making early investments, and his advice for founders starting a company and fundraising in today's market. This was a really fun discussion and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did! LinksFollow Semil on TwitterHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to share feedback — it only takes a minute

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