Sramana Mitra: Are you chasing unicorns? Kerry Rupp: No. The other thing about our business is that we are looking for capital-efficient companies that aren’t likely to need a Series C and maybe not even a Series B to get to their exit. We are expecting these companies to be able to see an acquisition
Sramana Mitra: What is the go-to market strategy in each of these cases? Are you particularly counting on clinicians recommending this? In that case, are you actively working with the clinicians to get them to recommend? Kerry Rupp: Interestingly, both business models are available for both businesses. If I take the watch, traditionally the other
Sramana Mitra: Talk about your portfolio. What have you invested in? As you take us through some of these examples, talk about why you chose to invest in those. We got the woman founder part of it. Beyond that, give us a sense of how you think about deals. Kerry Rupp: We’re in three companies.
Sramana Mitra: Is the woman decision maker in the purchasing decision critical? Kerry Rupp: It is critical. Not all decisions are always going to be made by women, but they are in markets that are dominantly women. Sramana Mitra: We’re on the same page so far. Talk about geography. Where do you like to invest?
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Kerry Rupp was recorded in October 2018. Kerry Rupp, Partner at True Wealth Ventures, discusses their women-focused investment thesis. Sramana Mitra: Let’s get you introduced to our audience. Tell us about your investing
Kerry Rupp, Partner at True Wealth Ventures, discusses their women-focused investment thesis.
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Kerry: The public funding that DreamIt receives is not contingent on how many of our entrepreneurs are successful. I think that is probably because our investors agree with us that this model of succeed fast or fail fast is valuable. They understand that some of the companies
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Praveen Karoshi Irina: Do you have any special initiatives at this time? Kerry: I would say our expansion in New York City, which should be our first time operating in the city, this summer. We brought on a locally-based managing director, Mark Wachen, an entrepreneur who was the founder