Jennifer Neundorfer and Lizzie Carr from January Ventures on signs of a stabilizing fundraising market, how founders can align incentives with their investors, and what's ahead for VC in 2024.
🎤 THIS WEEK ON BEYOND THE CAP TABLE: Jen and Lizzie Carr, Investment Associate at January Ventures, shake up the format and discuss the January Ventures 5th Annual Early Stage Founder Sentiment Report.
January’s research is the largest longitudinal study of early-stage founders, and our results were featured in TechCrunch and on NBC. In this last episode of Season Two, Jen and Lizzie dig into some of the insights and more, including:
💡 Why the results suggest that the early stage fundraising market might be stabilizing
📘 Why finding and cultivating a strong founder community is the key to success in fundraising and company building
❤️What’s ahead for venture and the outlook for 2024
🎤 …and so much more.
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Catch up on Season Two:
Jen has been joined by experts for riveting conversations on the state of and how to impact the future of venture. See below for highlights and links to listen!
Ed Zimmerman from First Close Partners (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Brittney Riley Gavini, venture investor at Pivotal Ventures (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Allison Baum Gates from SemperVirens (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Priyanka Jain from Evvy (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Jeremiah Gordon from CapitalG (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Charles Hudson from Precursor Ventures (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Mariela Salas from SomosVC (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Roxanne Petraeus of Ethena (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Shannon O’Leary from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Sonia Kastner of Pano AI (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
Claude Grunitzky from Equity Alliance (Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify)
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