Vedika Jain is the Chief of Staff at Weekend Fund, which she runs together with Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt. They write $100k-300k checks into early-stage startups around the world across consumer and B2B. To date they have invested in over 120 startups, they have over 350 Limited Partners and they run the whole fund as a two-person team. Some of their notable investments include Intercom, Deel, Pipe, Moonpay, and many others.

 

If you’d like to raise a VC investment, work for a VC fund or start a VC fund, then you must watch this episode.

 

In this episode, we talk about:

How knowing one person in London helped Vedika get into venture capital

How they run the Weekend Fund as a 2 person team

London vs Silicon Valley

What types of startups and founders they love to invest in

What are some major red flags when founders are pitching to them

What trends she’s most excited about

Vedika’s most life-changing experience so far

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RESOURCES

Vedika’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/vedikaja_in

Vedika’s email address: [email protected] 

Vedika’s personal website: https://vedikaja.in/

Vedika’s blog: https://vedikajain1.medium.com/ 

Weekend Fund: https://www.weekend.fund/about 

State of Chief of Staff in Tech — 2021: https://medium.com/chiefofstaffnetwork/state-of-chief-of-staff-in-tech-2021-3b188c7eb4a

Product Hunt: https://producthunt.com/

 

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RECORDED: 22.8.2022

 

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFoundersLounge 

 

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Marketing and postproduction: Tom Zorman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-zorman/)