35 min
#39 - Ariana Thacker (Founding Partner @ Conscience VC) on hacking a first-time fundraise, red flags for founding teams, and the future of consumer + science Confluence.VC
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- Entrepreneurship
This week we had on Ariana Thacker of Conscience VC.
Conscience is an early-stage fund investing at the intersection of consumer and science. The fund backs pre-seed and seed companies within this thesis, and it tries to be the first check written when it has the chance. Ariana is the founding partner of the fund, and she wears many hats in her role.
In this talk, we discuss:
Tactical advice on raising a first-time fund without an existing network
Standing out through authenticity
Deal breakers when evaluating founding teams
Why Conscience is betting on the intersection of science and consumer
📫 For weekly insights from the next era of investors and operators, make sure to subscribe to Confluence.VC Weekly.
This week we had on Ariana Thacker of Conscience VC.
Conscience is an early-stage fund investing at the intersection of consumer and science. The fund backs pre-seed and seed companies within this thesis, and it tries to be the first check written when it has the chance. Ariana is the founding partner of the fund, and she wears many hats in her role.
In this talk, we discuss:
Tactical advice on raising a first-time fund without an existing network
Standing out through authenticity
Deal breakers when evaluating founding teams
Why Conscience is betting on the intersection of science and consumer
📫 For weekly insights from the next era of investors and operators, make sure to subscribe to Confluence.VC Weekly.
35 min