Karan Mehandru
Karan Mehandru is a managing director at Madrona, which he joined in 2022 to open its Palo Alto office, investing across stages in SaaS, data infrastructure, security, cloud and intelligent applications. He previously led venture investing at Steadfast Capital, was a general partner at Trinity Ventures for a decade, and worked at Scale Venture Partners. His past investments include Zapier, Klaviyo, Auth0, Cohesity and Outreach.
Investor Spotlight with Madrona Managing Director Karan Mehandru
Get to know Madrona Managing Director Karan Mehandru. Learn what drew him to venture capital and working with founders, what he looks for in founders, what he thinks founders should look for in VC partners, and what he enjoys doing outside the office. (00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:00) Madrona Managing Partner Karan Mehandru's background (00:01:33) Why venture capital (00:02:50) Founders: Become the best version of yourself (00:04:58) Understand the person behind titles and roles (00:05:44) What Karan looks for in founders (00:06:52) Visionary founders (00:07:34) The role of grit and intellectual honesty (00:08:50) How Founders should select partners/investors (00:11:36) Biggest changes Karan's…
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Madrona Managing Director · current
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Trinity Ventures current
