The Hard Part with Evan McCann Laviva Mazhar from Luge Capital
Laviva Mazhar is a Principal at Luge Capital. Luge Capital is a fintech-focused venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies in Canada and the United States. They are on a mission to build fintech champions with amazing founders.
In this episode, we discuss...
- Her journey from McGill, work in economic development, a startup studio and breaking into VC
- The first close of their $71M Fund II and what it is like raising a second fund
- Predicting if a market opportunity can grow
- Regulatory environment for fintech companies
- How she keeps an edge and levels up as an investor
- Unique areas to find strong dealflow
- Two areas in fintech she is interested in right now
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