Founder turned Funder, from Head of Digital Ventures of the BBC to Managing Director of Techstars, to now Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures with 250 portfolio companies and counting, Jenny Fielding is the ultimate community builder and investor. Together with Scott Hartley, Jenny is today pursuing a global strategy, as U.S. venture capitalists have taken a step back from deals abroad; launching a new $25M fund, to be the first-check in for startups building in the future of money, health and work.
What does investing as a community mean, what do we think about the upset we’re hearing about Y Combinator’s new terms, how do you manage 500 Limited Partner investors in your fund and what is Jenny’s deepest insecurity? We cover it all and more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Intro “Think about this as your last money, and build to profitability”
02:10 – Jenny the bootstrapped founder
06:00 – “The highs and lows are very quick and not spread out”
09:15 – Why ‘community’?
14:15 – ‘The Fund’ begins
20:47 – The challenge from all founder supported to beyond, $25 Million Fund 3
25:21 – Where are the outliers coming from and why?
28:59 – What are the after-effects of SVB on venture?
31:55 – Market sentiment, rounds taking longer but no compression at early stage?
34:50 – Billion Dollar Questions for Jenny Fielding
ABOUT JENNY
Pre-seed investor and mentor to hundreds of founders around the world. 2x entrepreneur and knows how challenging it is to build great products, inspire a team and keep the lights on. So she spends her time working to surround founders with the resources they need to thrive.
First check into 200+ startups including: Chainalysis, Alloy, Latch, Tempo Automation, Headway, Supergreat, Contra, Particle Health, Pair Eyewear, Solo Funds, Halp, Minded, Rupa Health, Morty, Wagmo, Smarthop, Solid, PathSpot, Remesh, Cube, OnePipe, Season, Parsley Health and so many more: https://angel.co/jenny-fielding.
When not investing in companies… she’s teaching (but really learning from) the next generation of future founders as an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Cornell Tech.
Twitter @jefielding
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Disclaimer: This podcast is an expression of personal opinion and does not represent the opinion of the host Sarah Chen-Spellings (SCS) as an investor personally, her firm Beyond The Billion (BTB) or any company discussed. These discussions are for informational purposes only, including any mention of securities or venture funds; and does not constitute any investment, legal, tax advice. SCS or BTB may hold currently, or in the future, direct or indirect interests in the featured companies or funds. No guarantee of any kind is implied or possible where projections of future conditions are attempted.