More Allocations To VC, Challenges for Women as Founders, Employees, and VCs, AI Tools For VCs, AgeTech Investments, and more on VC Evolve Podcast with VCpreneur and Tracy Chadwell of 1843 Capital.
Guest Intro:
Tracy Chadwell is Founding Partner at 1843 Capital. Among her notable investments is Beautycounter (a 1 Billion dollar exit) Tempo Automation (went public on NASDAQ), HopSkipDrive, and May Mobility.
Prior to 1843 capital, Tracy was a partner at Baker Capital, a growth capital VC firm. and before that she was a lawyer doing cross-border transaction work between the US and Asia.
Tracy is a Kauffman Fellow, and she’s on the the inaugural Forbes "50 over 50” list, and on Entrepreneur Magazine’s “100 Powerful Women.”
You can follow Tracy on LinkedIn.
In today's episode with Tracy:
1. The story behind the name 1843 Capital.
2. Capital managed by women VCs and invested in women founders, and equity compensation for women employees.
3. Attribution bias when investing in women led startups.
4. VC market cycles and why LPs are allocating more to venture than ever before.
5. Innovation in venture and the AI tools Tracy uses now.
6. Is the agency model the best way to add value and support portfolio companies?
7. Agetech and what you can do today to live longer!
VC Evolve Podcast is hosted by VCpreneur: Ahmad Takatkah.
VC Evolve Podcast:
Conversations about the future of VC. We talk about the Venture Capital model evolution: How has VC evolved in the past? What innovations are being introduced to the traditional VC model? What will it look like in the future? We also talk about VC data, VC books, VC tech stack, VC funds, VC skill set, challenges, opportunities, and more.
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