Sam Merchant is an Investment Associate at Hambro Perks Leaders Fund - an international investment firm investing in private technology companies leveraging different fund structures like venture capital, venture debt, secondaries, etc.
In this episode, we talk about -
- Sam's story and how he got into investing
- How investing is done differently at different funds at Hambro Perks?
- How different market conditions impact the activity levels of different funds types?
- What are the traits of Product Market Fit?
- Cap table blunders founders should avoid
- How should founders figure out the right valuation for their early-stage startup?
- What should founders include in investor updates?
& lots more
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