In this episode of The Data Minute, Peter Walker (Head of Insights at Carta) and Aditi Maliwal (Partner, Upfront Ventures) have an in-depth conversation regarding the seed and Series A market. They discuss seed stage dynamics across the U.S. plus AI companies and how to determine which companies are worth investing in.

There’s also a discussion on the importance of grit, both in an investor portfolio and as a founder trait, and, of course, speed round questions.

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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome
01:26 Shoutout to Jane!
01:58 Intro to Upfront Ventures
11:45 Changes in AI investing over the last two years
18:25 Thoughts on the founders market
23:01 Median valuations on non-AI companies
28:39 Discussing the Seed/Series A chasm
32:52 The desire to be a founder
40:36 Speed round questions
40:45 What’s a category that’s overlooked that still has opportunity?
41:40 Most unique way a fund has helped portfolio founders?
44:19 The one question more founders should ask in fundraising?
47:34 Outro

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