Abha Nath (Investor @ Wonder Ventures)

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This week we had on Abha Nath of Wonder Ventures.

Wonder is an early-stage fund that aims to invest earlier than anyone else in Southern California’s best founders. Since its founding in 2015, the firm has invested in category-defining companies like Honey, Luxe, Joymode, and a number of others. Abha is the first and only hire at Wonder, and we wanted to have her on to dive into her unique path to where she is today.

In this talk, we discuss:

• Abha’s journey to venture and how her previous roles at the Disney Accelerator and Ring prepared her to be an investor

• What makes Southern California unique as a startup ecosystem

• What has changed when evaluating early-stage companies virtually

• Some red flags that make businesses un-investible

Check out the full episode below:

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🔥 2020’s hottest consumer trends (Shoutout Jay and Tasha for this)

🧮 Great deep dive down the API-first ecosystem

🏴‍☠️ Startup frameworks for growth

🗣 Ways that new social companies will monetize

💸 Top investment writing of 2020

⭐️ Strategies for building a personal brand online

• Fin VC is looking for associates, technical associates, and venture fellows in NYC and SF.

• Capital Factory is looking for a senior associate in Austin.

• Osage University Partners is looking for a principal in Philly.

• Next Coast Ventures is hiring an associate in Austin.

• Pi Ventures is looking for an investment analyst in Bangalore (or remote).

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