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The Founders Lounge

Behind the Scenes of a 2-Person VC Fund with 120+ Investments - Vedika Jain (Weekend Fund) | E58

Aug 30, 2022
01:11:00
Vedika Jain is the Chief of Staff at Weekend Fund, which she runs together with Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt. They write $100k-300k checks into early-stage startups around the world across consumer and B2B. To date they have invested in over 120 startups, they have over 350 Limited Partners and they run the whole fund as a two-person team. Some of their notable investments include Intercom, Deel, Pipe, Moonpay, and many others.   If you’d like to raise a VC investment, work for a VC fund or start a VC fund, then you must watch this episode.   In this episode, we talk about: How knowing one person in London helped Vedika get into venture capital How they run the Weekend Fund as a 2 person team London vs Silicon Valley What types of startups and founders they love to invest in What are some major red flags when founders are pitching to them What trends she’s most excited about Vedika’s most life-changing experience so far --- ➤ Please subscribe & share if you liked the episode ❤ ➤ Follow for business ideas & stories: https://twitter.com/MaticJ ➤ Matic’s UK product founders community: http://joinpmf.com ➤ Looking for funding? Get a VC intro: http://vc.foundrs.vip --- RESOURCES Vedika’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/vedikaja_in Vedika’s email address: vedika@weekend.fund  Vedika’s personal website: https://vedikaja.in/ Vedika’s blog: https://vedikajain1.medium.com/  Weekend Fund: https://www.weekend.fund/about  State of Chief of Staff in Tech — 2021: https://medium.com/chiefofstaffnetwork/state-of-chief-of-staff-in-tech-2021-3b188c7eb4a Product Hunt: https://producthunt.com/   ---   RECORDED: 22.8.2022   VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFoundersLounge    ---   Marketing and postproduction: Tom Zorman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-zorman/)

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