UVC: Pavel Cherkashin from Mindrock Capital on how the fund operates, the prediction model they use to make investments and his mystical Hack Temple project Understanding VC

Understanding VC is a deep dive on how Venture Capitalists work. In this episode, I talk to Pavel Cherkashin, the Managing Partner at Mindrock Capital. The episode opens with Pavel talking about his life growing up in Russia, and his passion for science and entrepreneurship, which eventually leads him to share his journey of building and scaling his web development company straight out of college. He also talks about his story of getting into venture capital, shifting from Russia to the US and how Mindrock Capital operates as a venture fund. In the latter half of the episode, Pavel talks about the prediction model used at Mindrock to make investments and his special Hack Temple project.