Episode 48: Sheel Mohnot Lived on $1 a Day in India. Now He Runs a $450M VC Fund.

What does it look like to build a $450M VC fund from scratch?Sheel Mohnot of Better Tomorrow Ventures joins me to talk about how he went from making software at Cerner to deploying hundreds of millions into FinTech's best founders. NUTS!We get into how he built Thistle to $100M in revenue, what he actually looks for before writing a pre-seed check, why most founders fail, and how serendipity helped him find a co-founder found on a train in India.If you're building something or thinking about it, this one is for you.What we cover:How Sheel evaluates founders at the pre-seed stageThe three things every founder must have to get backedWhy the VC market is more competitive than everHow to find product-market fit and market to the right customerWhy the podcast is a road into something bigger, not the destination🔔 If you got value from this episode, LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!Follow Sheel on X: @pitdesi