Our guest for this episode is Silicon Valley veteran, Samir Kaji. Samir is the Senior Managing Director at First Republic Bank, a Kaufman fellow and the source of truth for venture capital and emerging VC funds. Together, Fahad and Samir discuss how the current COVID crisis is affecting venture capital and start-ups and what we can expect moving forward. 

Host: Fahad Shoukat

Guest: Samir Kaji, Senior Managing Director at First Republic Bank & Innovation Sector Strategy Lead
Samir is currently a Senior Managing Director at First Republic Bank, leading the team's Venture Capital/Private Equity/tech banking efforts. Over the past several years, we've had a particular focus on the early-stage venture landscape, primarily Micro-VC & seed/Series A start-ups. Prior to joining First Republic, he spent 13 years at Silicon Valley Bank working in various capacities.

Show Notes

In this episode, we take a detailed look at the world of Venture Capitalism and how it's been affected over the COVID pandemic thus far. Veteran Venture Capitalist, Samir Kaji, gives us great insight into the current state of Venture Capitalism. You'll hear his financial wisdom and foresight come through as he goes into detail about investing, advice for startups, and what we can expect for VCs and technology startups in the next 2-3 years.

During this episode we discuss:

• the effect COVID-19 is having on big and small VC firms
• adjustments startups need to start making
• visible inefficiencies revealed through the crisis
• financial options for startups during this time (PPP)
• how this current situation can define who you are as a leader and how your business can respond

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