This Week in Startups

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Women in venture capital + SpringEats.com CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner | E1460

E1460 • May 15, 2022 • 80 mins

Jason Calacanis discusses women-led VC funds, analyzing PitchBook data for Q1 2022. He also talks about unconventional fundraising methods and features an interview with Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner, founder of zero-waste grocery service SpringEats.

Speakers

Molly Wood

Host • 19%

Jason Calacanis

Host • 38%

Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner

Guest • 43%

Chapters

0:00	Jason and Molly introduce today’s show
3:16	VC Sunday School: PitchBook gathered a bunch of data for The Information about women-led VC funds
13:08	ActiveCampaign - Get 10% off your ActiveCampaign subscription today
14:19	VCSS: Q1 2022, 199 funds raised $73.8B in commitments; 8% of total funding raised from women-led funds
25:52	Reforge - Apply for their next cohort
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)

Transcript

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