1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shruti Gandhi of Array Ventures (Part 3)

Shruti Gandhi: The reason we don’t talk about our fund size is because of LP issues. We are a smaller fund. Those smaller exits are great for us in terms of returning the capital.

Oftentimes when you start a company and you’re thinking about a $15 million exit, that could be your ceiling in some ways. You figure out the market is too crowded and then you say, “If I raise another round, will I price myself out of an acquisition conversation?”

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shruti Gandhi of Array Ventures (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You don’t need them to finish the product?

Shruti Gandhi: No. One of our companies barely had a deck.

Sramana Mitra: You want customer validation from their network. Then you want to take that concept and shop it around in your relevant network. If all that checks out, you’re okay with writing a check for the product to be built.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Shruti Gandhi of Array Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Shruti Gandhi was recorded in March 2020.

Shruti Gandhi is General Partner and Founding Engineer, Array Ventures, a fund focused on deep tech, enterprise-facing ventures.

479th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Darshana Zaveri, Catalyst Health Ventures

Darshana Zaveri, Managing Partner at Catalyst Health Ventures, discusses the firm’s medical device focused investment thesis, including the nuances of epidemiologic diagnostic that are currently immensely relevant. The Catalyst investment team also includes Managing Partner Josh Phillips and Principal Neil Swami.

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479th Roundtable Recording on April 2, 2020: With Darshana Zaveri, Catalyst Health Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: April 2 – Pivoting in the Age of Coronavirus

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Darshana Zaveri, Managing Partner at Catalyst Health Ventures. We discussed the firm’s medical device focused investment thesis, including the nuances of epidemiologic diagnostic that are currently immensely relevant. The Catalyst investment team also includes Managing Partner Josh Phillips and Principal Neil Swami.

Canvia

As for entrepreneur pitches, we had Rahul Ranjan from the San Francisco Bay Area in California, presenting Canvia by Palacio. Rahul is a premium member of the 1Mby1M program. The current collapse of the hospitality industry requires him to vastly modify his strategy.

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478th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Shruti Gandhi, Array Ventures

Shruti Gandhi is General Partner and Founding Engineer, Array Ventures, a fund focused on deep tech, enterprise-facing ventures.

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478th Roundtable Recording on March 26, 2020: With Shruti Gandhi, Array Ventures

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