Confluence.VC is a resource library and private community for venture and growth equity investors. Since launching, membership has grown to include:

1,226 members 👥 from 868 unique funds 💸 across 145 different cities 🌎

Each week, we use this newsletter to highlight members that make up this community.

This week we had on Nandu Anilal (@nanduanilal) of Canaan Partners.

Canaan is an early-stage fund that has a portfolio that speaks for itself. Within his role, Nandu focuses on enterprise technology companies, and in his free time, he shares a lot of his lessons and learnings through writing.

In this talk, we discuss:

• The process of learning as a VC

• The rise of data-driven companies

• Themes worth monitoring within data infrastructure

• Preempting rounds and escaping the competitive fundraising process

Check out the full episode below:

📖 Links we like:

👥 Tactical guide + thread on kickstarting your community

💸 Lenny Rachitsky’s rolling list of marketplace take rates

♟ Marketplace supply strategies

💡 Ideas worth a college degree + an MBA

💰 Paul Graham’s latest essay: How People Get Rich Now

👨‍💻 Venture jobs:

• Lerer Hippeau is looking for an associate / senior associate in NYC.

• Eniac Ventures is looking for analysts in NYC.

• Chapter One is looking for a remote crypto investor.

• M12 is looking for a partner in SF.

• Harlem Capital is looking for a platform and community manager in NYC.

• NextView is looking for an investor in NYC.

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