About the Hosts: How they got into Seed and Angel Investing

First Funders

Before you dive into our archives or the next episode, learn about First Funders and its hosts, Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani.

You'll hear about Shaherose's background as a startup builder turned VC who started as a product marketer and how she started Women 2.0, a startup ecosystem, and Founder Labs, a tech incubator. She also reviews her time at Nike, where she built their first incubator, and her role as an angel investor and now Venture Partner at Cake Ventures.

Aamir then shares his experience as an engineer turned product management leader at Dropcam, which was acquired by Google/Nest, and then his turn as a venture capitalist at Felicis Ventures. Why did he end up back as an angel investor and operator? What types of investments does he look for now?

This is for information purposes only. This is not investment advice.

Topics

• (00:00) - About the Hosts and their Angel and Seed Investing backgrounds
• (01:13) - How Shaherose went from operating to building Women 2.0 to funding startups
• (03:26) - Aamir's Journey from Founder to VC to Angel Investor
• (06:06) - Outro

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