Paradigm Shift
Candid conversations with people building the future. We discuss breakthrough moments and hard-earned insights that shaped people, products and technologies. Hosted by Ashish Kundra and Zane Salim.
Paradigm Shift
EP36: Semil Shah (founder Haystack, early investor in DoorDash, Instacart, Figma) on the current fundraising market and building intuition to pick winners early
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Ashish Kundra and Zane Salim
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Season 2
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Episode 36
Semil is the founder and GP at Haystack, an early-stage VC firm with $450M+ AUM. He’s an investor in 200+ companies including DoorDash, Instacart, Hashicorp, Figma and more.
In this conversation we discuss the current funding environment, Semil's approach to venture capital and making early investments, and his advice for founders starting a company and fundraising in today's market.
This was a really fun discussion and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
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