This Week in Startups ANGEL: Canaan’s Maha Ibrahim on fund sizing, distribution strategies & early VC days | E1687
Maha Ibrahim of Canaan joins Molly to discuss her early days in VC (1:38), managing distributions and exiting at the right time (20:36), the clean tech bubble, being a generalist/specialist, diversity, and more (37:42).
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(1:38) Maha’s first years in venture
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(12:43) Investing in the early 2000s and Canaan’s strategy
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(20:36) Exiting at the right time and distributing earnings
(30:00) Learning from a downturn
(34:58) The mismatch between VCs to outlier startups
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(37:42) The climate tech bubble
(40:14) Generalists vs. specialists
(42:16) Responding to cycles and signs of good timing
(48:53) Structuring a generational off-ramp
(51:39) All Raise
(55:30) What does the future hold?
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