Sramana Mitra: If a team is strong, are you okay with investing before pre-product? Semyon Dukach: It takes more than a strong team. In my view, the team for this company was clearly the best in the world. There was no way that a team with more money could be stronger than this one. It
Sramana Mitra: How close is your activity portfolio within the MIT community? Semyon Dukach: We have quite a bit of stuff around MIT. I’ve been physically in Boston ever since I went to MIT 30 years ago. We have a lot of stuff with Harvard and other universities as well. I think that is one
Semyon Dukach is Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, a VC fund focused on immigrant founders. Sramana Mitra: We are going to have a conversation with Semyon Dukach, the Managing Partner at One Way Ventures. Let’s introduce our audience to yourself as well as to One Way Ventures.
Semyon Dukach is Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, an immigrant founder focused VC fund.
Sramana Mitra: Let me ask the question in the context of non-Indian and non-Israeli founders. We also talk to a lot of European investors. One of the things I’m hearing is, there’s a real optimism right now in France. Paris is the story of 2017 as one of the investors based in London quoted recently
Sramana Mitra: What else can you tell us? Besides founder-related traits, what else can you tell us about that’s interesting about your fund? Semyon Dukach: It’s a unique fund in that we are specifically targeting immigrants. The value add that’s differentiated is, we’re building a network between these people who have a shared identity. We’re
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures was recorded in January 2018. Semyon Dukach is the Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, a firm that is 100% focused on immigrant entrepreneurs. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by