Women in venture capital + SpringEats.com CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner (Climate) | E1460
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
In VC Sunday School we discuss Pitchbook's data on women-led VC funds (03:16), how much money they've raised and how the industry is evolving. Then, Jason explains why new fund managers often have more success with individual LPs than institutional LPs (27:12). In This Week in Climate Startups Molly speaks with Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner of Springeats.com, a zero-waste grocery service (38:31).
(00:00) Jason and Molly introduce today’s show
(03:16) VC Sunday School: PitchBook gathered a bunch of data for The Information about women-led VC funds
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(14:19) VCSS: Q1 2022, 199 funds raised $73.8B in commitments; 8% of total funding raised from women-led funds
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(27:12) VCSS: Taking the backdoor for raising
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(35:47) Wrapping up VCSS
(36:37) Toss to This Week in Climate Startups
(38:31) TWiCS: Molly speaks with Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner of springeats.com (zero-waste grocery service)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everybody. |
| 0:00.8 | We have got a great big fat Sunday show for you. |
| 0:04.8 | So of course, Sunday brings you VCs Sunday school |
| 0:07.6 | and this week in climate startups, |
| 0:08.9 | I'm super excited about our interview today |
| 0:11.7 | because I'm talking to my first founder. |
| 0:14.7 | Literally, as soon as I said, I was leaving for VCs. |
| 0:17.3 | She hit me up on LinkedIn before I'd even started this job |
| 0:20.0 | on who comped a freedom group to honor of SpringEats.com |
| 0:24.5 | who is in our accelerator now. |
| 0:26.8 | What is SpringEats.com? |
| 0:28.1 | Maybe you could explain. |
| 0:29.1 | Yeah, and amazing missions. |
| 0:30.4 | SpringEats sources and delivers zero waste groceries. |
| 0:33.0 | So they bind them. |
| 0:34.3 | They package them in reusable packaging |
| 0:36.3 | and they deliver them in refillable, |
| 0:38.7 | returnable plastic free jars and bags |
| 0:40.6 | in electric cars and plus freedom herself |
| 0:45.4 | lives a zero waste life. |
| 0:47.9 | So you get these tips on how to like cut plastic |
| 0:50.3 | and packaging out of your life. |
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