Venture Capital in the Next 20 Years with Vedika Jain
In this episode, Vedika Jain, a Partner at Weekend Fund and Co-founder at Signature Block, shares insights on how to make an outsized impact and navigate the venture capital industry in the next 20 years.
We delve into Vedika's work with Weekend Fund and Signature Block, and her investment strategy. We also discuss how they are demystifying venture capital, the emergence of new managers forming squads and collectives, and the thriving solo capitalism trend.
Weekend Fund is an early-stage startup investment fund, while Signature Block is a newsletter that provides guidance on how to enter the venture capital industry and contribute to its ecosystem. They gather insights from experienced GPs and aim to become the go-to resource for fund managers.
We also talk about the importance of pursuing your passion, identifying "rabbit hole diggers" who would be a good fit for venture capital, and how to make a significant impact by focusing on power law rules.
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Topics:
Welcome Vedika Jain to The Rhys Show!: (00:00:00)
Intro: (00:01:57)
Getting started in Venture Capital:(00:02:46)
About Vedika’s mindset “doing the work before you are there”:(00:06:34)
Generalizable piece of advice?:(00:08:47)
People who would be a good fit for VC :(00:17:02)
Should everybody who likes “rabbit holing” be a VC?:(00:22:05)
About Signature Block?:(00:25:33)
Building the future of Venture Capital:(00:28:05)
Where will it go in 20 years? Random solo GPs?:(00:33:05)
Directionally where six people (VCs) are going to come from:(00:37:35)
Squaring collaborative with competitive?:(00:41:47)
Overrated and underrated questions: (00:45:40)
Wrap Up: (00:48:36)
Mentioned resources:
“The Business of Venture Capital” Book by Mahendra Ramsinghani: https://www.amazon.com/Business-Venture-Capital-Website-Structuring/dp/1119639689
“The Power Law” Book by Sebastian Mallaby: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Law-Venture-Capital-Making/dp/052555999X
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/vedikaja_in?lang=en
Weekend Fund: https://www.weekend.fund/about
Signature Block: https://www.signatureblock.co/
Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vedikajain
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