Anu Duggal and Sutian Dong, Partners of Female Founders Fund: “Investors want to hear what drives you.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Anu Duggal and Sutian Dong are the partners of Female Founders Fund, where they invest in tech companies started by women. Anu began her career as an entrepreneur -- including starting India’s first wine bar, and an e-commerce company. Sutian came from the investing side of things. In 2014, Anu decided to launch Female Founders Fund. A couple years later, she brought Sutian on as a partner. Together, they’ve invested in companies like Thrive Global and Rent the Runway. On the Couch, they talk to us about what makes a great cold email, the companies in their shadow portfolios, and why they’re so focused on building communities for female founders.

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0:00.0	Is there a company that you passed on that you both regret?
0:04.3	So that's the, uh, that V.C. call this their shadow portfolio of,
0:09.2	and those are the most painful investments.
0:11.1	Shadow portfolio? Shadow portfolio.
0:12.3	Oh, I wonder whose shadow portfolios were a part of. painful investments. Shadow portfolio. Shadow portfolio.
0:13.0	Who's Shadow portfolios were a part of?
0:15.0	I'm true many people.
0:17.0	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:18.0	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:20.0	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:21.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it. from the and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:33.0	We started the skim from a couch,
0:34.6	so what better place to talk it all out
0:36.7	than where it began on a couch? So please welcome Anu Dugal and Suiandong partners at Female Founders
0:49.5	Fun. Anu is a serial entrepreneur at age 25.
0:53.7	She started India's first ever wine bar
0:56.2	and later she co-founded the e-commerce company
0:58.8	Exclusively.
1:00.0	Inn, which she sold in 2012.
1:02.3	Suitan built her career in sales and marketing,
1:05.0	then moved to first Mark Capital,
1:07.0	an early stage venture fund where she became an investor.
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