[CVC Episode #120] - Concentrated portfolio strategy and building on top of Zoom with Sara Deshpande, Partner at Maven Ventures

The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing

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[CVC Episode #120] - Concentrated portfolio strategy and building on top of Zoom with Sara Deshpande, Partner at Maven Ventures

The Consumer VC Episode #120 with Sara Deshpande Partner at Maven Ventures

Mike Gelb

Apr 09, 2021

Hey there -

My guest today on the podcast is Sara Deshpande, Partner at Maven Ventures. Maven Ventures is a consumer focused micro-fund that focuses on investing in seed stage companies. Some of their investments include Zoom, Wild Type, AngelList and Nuggs.

What I most enjoyed about this conversation was looking at what types of businesses were being built on top of Zoom and opportunities in Telehealth.

Some of the other topics we touch on:

Learnings from fund 1 to fund 3
Benefits to having a concentrated portfolio
How do you access pain points and opportunities
Has COVID affected how you invest

You can listen Here on Apple Podcasts, Here on Spotify, Here on Google Podcast, and most podcast distribution platforms.

Thanks for reading and listening!

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The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing

The Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place.

Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription.

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