Ep113 – Elicia McDonald (Investment Principal – AirTree) on diligence, investment & speed

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep113 – Elicia McDonald (Investment Principal – AirTree) on diligence, investment & speed May 28, 2020 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 113 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was Elicia McDonald, the Investment Principal at AirTree Ventures. Elicia started her career in investment banking at Credit Suisse, but her passion for the technology sector and drive to get more hands on operational experience made her take the plunge and immerse herself in sales and growth roles at a B2B SaaS startup in Sydney and in enterprise sales at LinkedIn. She then joined AirTree Ventures in 2016. AirTree is an early and growth stage venture capital fund managing over half a billion dollars of funds under management. AirTree backs technology entrepreneurs who are solving some of the world’s most ambitious problems and their investments have clustered around sectors such as machine learning, energy, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise software. Elicia played a pivotal role in many of AirTree’s early investments into successful startups including Huddle Insurance, :Different, Pet Circle, Expert360 and Drone Deploy. She also led investments into Flurosat and served on the board of TidyMe, seeing it through a successful exit in 2018. In 2019, Elicia was promoted to her current role as the Investment Principal at AirTree Ventures. We covered a range of topics in this interview including: How to do due diligence on potential investorsWhen and how to nail your first meeting with an investorCharacteristics of investible founding teamsA deep dive into AirTree’s due diligence and investment processWhat metrics you should focus on& much more! Show notes: Diligencing your investor – a checklist for foundersOpen Source VCAirTree’s Investor listAirTreeQwilrEp112: Mark Tanner (Co-founder of Qwilr) podcast interviewPoint Nine CapitalAndrew Donald (Head of Talent at AirTree)Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson (book)Elicia McDonald (email) Join our next live podcast interview with the Former Prime Minister of Australia and Investor, Malcolm Turnbull!Date: 2nd June 2020Time: 8-9am (AEDT)Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/Ep114MalcolmTurnbull Feedback/connect/say hello:[email protected]@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startupplaybook/Ep113_-_Elicia_McDonald_Investment_Principal_-_AirTree_on_diligence_investment_and_speed.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep113 – Elicia McDonald (Investment Principal – AirTree) on diligence, investment & speed appeared first on Startup Playbook.