Adventures in fundland

By Seed to Harvest Ventures

Welcome to Adventures in fun(d)land! We’re Victoria and Isabelle from Seed to Harvest Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage fund that invests in women identified founders of color building software enab... more

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The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.

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October 21, 2022Conference tips and how to navigate and maintain through conference season!
This week we are live from TechCrunch Disrupt and Culture Shift Miami!
We are talking all things conferences:
How to conference and not get overwhelmed

The difference and strategies behind going to industry versus VC conferences

The value of speaking at conferences

Networking at larger conferences
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37min
October 14, 2022 Finding our investment focus and trends we're seeing in the market
Inspired by some questions posed to her at New York Tech Week, Victoria leads our conversation today to talk about the themes we're seeing in the companies we are evaluating and the trends we are seeing in the market right now.
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32min
September 23, 2022For founders: Where does design fit into early stage companies?
Today's topic is on design's role in early stage companies. Victoria moderates and weighs in from a PM perspective and Isabelle shares her thoughts as a Designer. We'll focus on 3 main stages of a startup's life: fundraising, MVP, and scaling.
We cover:
The visual and non-visual aspects of design

How design and product (and engineering) have a lot of overlap in the early days

Bringing in a culture of experimentation and learning early

Tapping into emotional JTBD (jobs to be done) which might be a new definition for UX Design

What to think about as you are setting the foundation of your product and why you should have frank conversations about product development debt early and often
Founder resources
STH Office Hours: For ALL founders and entrepreneurs in need of product and design advice for FREE. You can sign up for 15 min slots with us every Monday and Thursday. Please provide your name, website, and any information that will provide context to your question. Sign up here
STH Founder Hub: Find all of our founder events here!
We would love to hear from you! What would be a helpful founder topic for us to cover? Email us at [email protected]!
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43min
September 16, 2022 Investor value adds
This week we discuss the changing needs and asks that founders have to investors, specifically, what we as investors can offer other than money. We also talk about how the 3 buckets we call startup problems: money, people and product. There is a great level of support for founders when it comes to fundraising and money, but we see a gaps when it comes to product development and hiring/culture.
We’re trying to be ahead of the deep need founders have for better product support as they build their companies.
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34min
September 08, 2022 Finding LPs when you are not connected or when you've tapped out your network
How do you build a pipeline of people who don’t want to be found, especially when not directly connected to wealth? In what we expect to be a multi-part series, today we chat about how we're approaching getting new LP leads and what that looks like as a team of 2 GPs.
We share what we've learned so far and how we're leveraging networking/events, emerging manager programs and lead generation/cold outreach.
We'd love to hear the creative ways you've done lead generation and outreach - drop us a line at [email protected]!
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36min
September 01, 2022Fund formation and back office
To celebrate getting our LP portal and data room set up, we're going to talk about fund formation and back office admin!
Dive into the unsexy but necessary side of getting your fund up and running:
Evaluating back office tools

Banking! Lawyers! Mistakes we've made and tools we like.

Contracts - operating agreements, term sheets, LPAs

Emerging manager accelerator experiences and tips

How we've evolved our deal flow and LP databases

We sum everything up into a checklist of what you need to think about when tackling all of this! (The last ~6 minutes or so)
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44min
August 25, 2022All about founders
This week we deep dive into a central theme for us this month: Founders! We discuss:
Getting an early start on pipeline

What we’ve learned about ourselves as investors as we meet with more founders

How our process with founders has evolved

How meeting with founders early on has impacted our LP conversations

Building your deal flow pipeline, inbound, outbound, and leveraging your network
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37min
August 18, 2022 Adventures in fundland (Trailer)
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August 18, 2022 Meet your hosts Victoria and Isabelle, The GPs of Seed to Harvest Ventures
Get to know your hosts, fellow emerging managers and GPs of Seed to Harvest! We share a bit about ourselves, our backgrounds in product and design, how we got into venture and why we are starting this podcast.
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35min

FAQs about Adventures in fundland:

How many episodes does Adventures in fundland have?

The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.