Jasleen Kaur, an investor at Nyca Partners, talks about how she evaluates potential investments across wealth tech, SMB technology, and ESG areas. Jasleen advises founders on how to treat regulation during the very early stages of building their startups. She also gives her views on how overvaluation is affecting the VC/startups ecosystem.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

[5:48] Is early-stage investing harder than later-stage investing?

[8:12] Don’t be afraid to ‘dumb it down’ when explaining what your company does.

[15:58] Do founders need to worry about regulations in the seed and series A stages?

[18:27] Fundamental things the overvaluation game is missing

[21:37] You are not necessarily subject to the current downturn if…

The non-profit organization Jasleen is passionate about: Curry Senior Center San Francisco

About Guest Speaker

Jasleen Kaur is a Principal at Nyca Partners. Prior to joining Nyca, Jasleen was a Principal at CE Innovation Capital, focused on investing in Fintech and Enterprise Software, and prior to that worked at JPMorgan in the Technology Investment Banking Group. She has worked across both New York and San Francisco throughout her career. 

About Nyca Partners

Nyca Partners is a New York-based venture capital and advisory firm that focuses on the fintech sector. Nyca connects innovative companies to financial institutions and technology companies as well as entrepreneurs, VCs, and its strategic Limited Partner base.

Portfolio companies include April, IMTC, Fidel API, RenoFi, Cowbell, Propel, Truv, Sardine, Additional Wealth, Tint.ai among others.

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