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From an idea 💡to a thriving community 💪🏼 Playfair Capital’s remarkable journey with the Female Founders Office Hours (FFOH) initiative showcases what's possible in today's venture landscape. 🚀 In December '24, I wrapped an incredible conversation with Clare Zhang on TheOnePoint podcast, where she shared the vision driving the FFOH initiative, how they're reshaping opportunities...

🎯 The Hidden Engine Behind Top VC Funds: Research-First Investing Just wrapped up a fascinating conversation with Lawrence , Partner Research at Lunar Ventures , about what truly powers successful venture investing. Key insights that surprised me: Is being a researcher a personality trait? Turns out it's both inherent and acquirable Research-led funds are creating a new category in VC - and i...

Research: The Hidden Superpower in Venture Investing 🔥🚀 In any investment process, research is the cornerstone. It’s the critical tool that drives informed, strategic, and profitable decisions. ✅ Minimizes uncertainty ✅ Enhances strategic planning ✅ Builds resilient portfolios While the role of research is well-established in equities, it often flies under the radar in the venture capital spa...

Valuations topic is confusing and sometimes outright stressful for founders. That’s why I invited Dan Gray, Head of insights of the Equidam platform for this episode of TheOnePoint. And not just for founders. Many investors also don’t have the perfect grip on the topic. Due to their fund strategy setup, many investors might be valuation takers and not valuation setters. And honestly, the whole pra...

Success stories from the venture ecosystem and the inspiring Female Foundry community deserve to shine—and Agata’s story is a standout example. 💪 In just 3 short years, Agata has built an incredible 6,000+ member community of investors, founders, advisers, and venture players, all united by a powerful mission: backing more female entrepreneurs. 👩‍💼🌍💡 Her journey is extraordinary, and her impa...

How to successfully fundraise for a ClimateTech startup in India!? Get ready to uncover the answers to this key topic and explore many other insights in this episode of TheOnePoint podcast with Parithi Govindaraju from Okulo Aerospace. ClimateTech startups are tackling challenges essential for humanity's survival. But for founders in this space, the road is anything but easy. From the struggles of...

This episode of TheOnePoint features Til Klein from identity.vc   Til and I connected over a shared vision of supporting diversity in our venture ecosystem. And, Til is doing so much more beyond just supporting.  identity.vc is the first fund in Europe to back LGBTQ+ founders in the early stages.  He comes with a stellar background to achieve this mission. Having been a founder himself Til has the...

In this episode of The OnePoint podcast , I interview Guy Conway, co-founder of Koble , to explore how AI is reshaping venture capital .  Guy highlights that while many VCs use AI for startup discovery, its true potential lies in automating investment decisions —removing reliance on intuition and enabling data-driven insights . Koble focuses on early-stage investments, leveraging proprietary model...

Last year in September, we published a unique report called ‘Diverse by Default’ ( Link ) in which we explored the What, the Why, and the How of the topic.  We all know the what (Lower funding to diverse founders, founder experience being filled with challenges). We also understand the 'Why' - Diverse teams make better decisions and investments, leading to more innovation and better business outco...

In this episode, I explore the growing role of AI in the venture capital business with Gabriel Shin, co-founder of Landscape.  Massive and rapid advancements in AI have captured the attention of various sectors, including startups and venture capitalists. While the broader ecosystem often focuses on AI's technical innovations, the application of AI within venture capital still needs to be discusse...

In this episode, we discuss pre-seed ClimateTech fundraising with four founders - Johanna Broell from Carbonsate , Laura Laringe from reLi Energy , Manu Pillai from CarbonBridge , and Matias Machado from Leap Photovoltaics ClimateTech has been one of the hottest investment areas in the VC world, and for good reason: ClimateTech startups are critical to solving human survival. However, only some th...

In this episode, we discuss Tech for Good concept in the venture capital business with Paul Miller OBE from Bethnal Green Ventures. Paul has been a pioneer in the Tech for Good movement in the UK since 2008. He was the perfect guest to explain the concept's humble beginnings and chart its evolution. Through BGV’s new fund, they aim to back up to 100 startups over the next four years. The reality i...

In this episode we discuss the Growth stage venture capital investing in India with Ashish Kumar from Fundamentum . There is so much to unravel on this topic, mainly because, contrary to what one might think, there is a gap in the market. Growth stage investing is under-penetrated in India, with many early and late-stage funds but insufficient in the middle. There's still room for more growth-stag...