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Break Rules, Don’t Break the Law
Manage episode 338716599 series 2771455
Jasleen Kaur, an investor at Nyca Partners, talks about how she evaluates potential investments across wealth tech, SMB technology, and ESG areas. Jasleen advises founders on how to treat regulation during the very early stages of building their startups. She also gives her views on how overvaluation is affecting the VC/startups ecosystem.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
[5:48] Is early-stage investing harder than later-stage investing?
[8:12] Don’t be afraid to ‘dumb it down’ when explaining what your company does.
[15:58] Do founders need to worry about regulations in the seed and series A stages?
[18:27] Fundamental things the overvaluation game is missing
[21:37] You are not necessarily subject to the current downturn if…
The non-profit organization Jasleen is passionate about: Curry Senior Center San Francisco
About Guest Speaker
Jasleen Kaur is a Principal at Nyca Partners. Prior to joining Nyca, Jasleen was a Principal at CE Innovation Capital, focused on investing in Fintech and Enterprise Software, and prior to that worked at JPMorgan in the Technology Investment Banking Group. She has worked across both New York and San Francisco throughout her career.
About Nyca Partners
Nyca Partners is a New York-based venture capital and advisory firm that focuses on the fintech sector. Nyca connects innovative companies to financial institutions and technology companies as well as entrepreneurs, VCs, and its strategic Limited Partner base.
Portfolio companies include April, IMTC, Fidel API, RenoFi, Cowbell, Propel, Truv, Sardine, Additional Wealth, Tint.ai among others.
Next Episode
In our next episode, we invite Mike Smerklo, co-founder and managing director at Next Coast Ventures, to share his journey and lessons learned through his experiences as an entrepreneur and now an investor.
Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode.
148 episodes
Manage episode 338716599 series 2771455
Jasleen Kaur, an investor at Nyca Partners, talks about how she evaluates potential investments across wealth tech, SMB technology, and ESG areas. Jasleen advises founders on how to treat regulation during the very early stages of building their startups. She also gives her views on how overvaluation is affecting the VC/startups ecosystem.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
[5:48] Is early-stage investing harder than later-stage investing?
[8:12] Don’t be afraid to ‘dumb it down’ when explaining what your company does.
[15:58] Do founders need to worry about regulations in the seed and series A stages?
[18:27] Fundamental things the overvaluation game is missing
[21:37] You are not necessarily subject to the current downturn if…
The non-profit organization Jasleen is passionate about: Curry Senior Center San Francisco
About Guest Speaker
Jasleen Kaur is a Principal at Nyca Partners. Prior to joining Nyca, Jasleen was a Principal at CE Innovation Capital, focused on investing in Fintech and Enterprise Software, and prior to that worked at JPMorgan in the Technology Investment Banking Group. She has worked across both New York and San Francisco throughout her career.
About Nyca Partners
Nyca Partners is a New York-based venture capital and advisory firm that focuses on the fintech sector. Nyca connects innovative companies to financial institutions and technology companies as well as entrepreneurs, VCs, and its strategic Limited Partner base.
Portfolio companies include April, IMTC, Fidel API, RenoFi, Cowbell, Propel, Truv, Sardine, Additional Wealth, Tint.ai among others.
Next Episode
In our next episode, we invite Mike Smerklo, co-founder and managing director at Next Coast Ventures, to share his journey and lessons learned through his experiences as an entrepreneur and now an investor.
Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode.
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