Women who Build: Paula Mariwala, Founder & Co-President, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India on Evaluating Early-stage Companies, Companies Becoming Verbs, Missed Investment in Flipkart, Climate-tech Opportunities, and Mentoring.
I was in middle school when Paula Mariwala gauged the potential of the Indian startup ecosystem and started investing through Seedfund. Paula is the Managing Director of Seedfund Advisors, a venture capital firm, which invests in early-stage companies in India, and the Co-Founder and President of Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India. Some of her key investments include Unacademy, redBus, and CarWale. She has decades of entrepreneurial and operating experience in the technology sectors of both the US and India.Paula holds an MS in Applied Physics from Stanford University, USA and BSc (Hons) in Physics from St. Xavier’s college, Mumbai, and sits on the alumni boards of both institutions.I could not have been prouder to launch this episode!In this episode, we will learn:- Paula's journey to the world of entrepreneurship and venture.- Evaluating early-stage companies - Founding teams are the most important data points.- How do companies become verbs?- Missed investment in Flipkart.- Opportunities in Climate tech.- Paula's love for mentoring - Two of her mentees are Netflix stars :)Follow on Twitter - Paula @pmariwala and The Women who Build @TheWomenWhoBui1.