Posted on 18th November 2022 by hstebbings1
Oana Olteanu is a Accomplice @ SignalFire the place she focuses on enterprise software program at Seed, Collection A and Collection B. At SignalFire, Oana has led offers within the likes of Kurtosis, Enso, Kolena, Budibase, Plural, and Explosion. Previous to becoming a member of SignalFire, Oana was at Scale Enterprise Companions the place she invested in utilized ML and developer tooling. Oana sourced Scale’s investments in Observe.ai, Flatfile, and Proscia. She was a part of the deal groups for Honeycomb and AllyO (acquired by HireVue). She additionally supported current portfolio corporations comparable to Dialpad, Matillion, and BigID. Previous to Scale, Oana was an AI seed investor at SAP.io, SAP’s $35M seed fund, the place she sourced the investments in Plum.io, Oto.ai, and Akorda.
In Right now’s Episode with Oana Olteanu We Talk about:
1.) From Tank Driving in Romania to VC’s Rising Star:
- How Oana made her means from driving tanks in Romania to turning into a VC?
- How did leaving Romania for Germany after which shifting to the West Coast impression her mindset?
- What does Oana know now that she needs she had identified when she entered VC?
2.) The best way to Assess a VC: The Founders Information:
- Pre-investment, how can founders know whether or not a VC can add worth? What are the indicators?
- What three core questions will reveal how a lot worth a VC can add?
- Put up-investment, what can founders do to extract probably the most worth from their VCs?
- What ought to the founders ask their traders for assist with? What ought to they do themselves?
3.) The VC <> Founder Relationship:
- Oana has the very best founder NPS of any VC I’ve ever had on 20VC, what does Oana consider makes her founders charge her contribution so extremely? What works? What doesn’t?
- How does Oana give typically very arduous suggestions to founders however retain that relationship of belief and security on the similar time? What errors do different VCs make in giving suggestions?
- What does Oana consider are the only largest misalignment between VCs and founders?
4.) VCs Behaving Badly: 101
- What are the only largest methods Oana sees VCs behaving badly?
- How does Oana suppose founders expectations of the product of enterprise ought to change?
- Does Oana consider boards are invaluable? What could be executed to enhance them?
Gadgets Talked about in Right now’s Episode:
Oana’s Favorite Ebook: The Day by day Stoic: 366 Meditations on Knowledge, Perseverance, and the Artwork of Dwelling: That includes new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
