Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Arjun Sethi – A Technology Company that Deploys Capital at Tribe, Venture is Eating the Investment World 10 (Capital Allocators, EP. 240)

Mar 14, 2022

Arjun Sethi, Co-founder and CEO of Tribe Capital, shares insights from his journey as an entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He discusses innovative investment strategies that leverage product and data science to identify promising startups. Arjun highlights the importance of navigating the intersection of technology and venture capital, emphasizing data-driven decision-making. He also reflects on the lessons learned from his experiences, the significance of engaging with customers, and the evolving challenges within the venture capital landscape.

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Intro

2min

Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Venture Capital

5min

From Coding to Command: An Entrepreneurial Journey

8min

From Startup to Investment: A Journey of Innovation

22min

Navigating Product Market Fit and Investment Strategies

11min

Navigating Venture Capital Challenges

21min

The Value of Time and Relationships

2min

Arjun Sethi is Co-founder and CEO of Tribe Capital, a $1.3B venture capital fund built by engineers and scientists to focus on using product and data science to engineer N-of-1 companies and investments. Arjun was an entrepreneur who founded and sold two businesses and became an active angel investor before turning to venture capital. Our conversation covers Arjun’s upbringings in an immigrant family, his early endeavors as an entrepreneur, success as an angel investor, and different way of looking at venture investing. We then turn to his experience implementing this hypothesis at Social Capital and at Tribe, including using data science to identify product growth, qualitative factors, decision making, and working with portfolio companies. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership

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