Coming Soon - a podcast for Angels and Venture Capitalists who write first checks

Coming soon.

First Funders is a podcast for the Angels and Venture Capitalists who write first checks.

Co-hosted by Shaherose Charania, startup builder turned VC.

And Aamir Virani, founder turned angel investor.

In each episode, you'll hear from angel and seed-stage VCs who wrote the first checks into startups that made it. 

• How did these investors find these opportunities? 
• How did they gain conviction? 
• How did they decide to make a bet? 
• And what can you learn from their journey? 

Sharpen your theses and make better investments by hearing from the First Funders about their successful investments.

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

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Creators & Guests

Host

Aamir Virani

Helped 50+ orgs grow product and scale teams.Software Engineer ➡️ Product Manager ➡️ Founder (Nest Cam fka Dropcam) 🔀 Investor, CRE, Founder@pifgov 2021

Host

Shaherose Charania

Venture Investing at @CakeVentures and @joindvc | Always helping founders | Raised on Atari, MS-DOS, Bollywood & Hip Hop. 🇨🇦in 🇺🇸

What is First Funders?

Learn from angel and seed investors bold enough to write the first check.

How do they decide which startups to invest in?
How do they gain conviction in founders and ideas?
How do they add value to their companies?

Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani are operators turned investors. They chat with their friends investing in early-stage technology startups and learn about their strategies to fund the best founders and startup companies.

If you are an angel investor or seed investor, you'll hear how others operate.
If you are a startup entrepreneur, you'll hear how investors filter and decide on writing that first check.

[00:00:00] Aamir: Coming soon.

[00:00:00] First funders, a podcast for the angels and venture capitalists who write first checks.

[00:00:05] Co-hosted by Shaherose Charania, startup builder turned VC.

[00:00:09] And Aamir Virani, founder turned angel investor.

[00:00:12] In each episode, you'll hear from angel and seed stage investors who wrote first checks into startups that made it.

[00:00:17] How did these investors find these opportunities?

[00:00:19] How did they gain conviction?

[00:00:21] How did they decide to make a bet? And what can you learn from their journey?

[00:00:24] Sharpen your own theses and make better investments by hearing from the first funders about their successful investments.

[00:00:29] Subscribe now in your favorite podcast player.

[00:00:32] Find us on Twitter / X, @Shaherose and @avirani, and suggest topics and your favorite first funders to learn from.