Why I’m a Venture Capitalist, with Mucker’s Monique Villa

Mucker Capital‘s Monique Villa is pretty far from what we tend to think about when we picture a venture capitalist – the older white man who graduated from a prestigious university and went on to get his MBA. She’s none of those things, but maybe that difference in background and perspective gives her an advantage when evaluating startups to work with. On today’s show, Monique shares why she loves being a venture capitalist – and some of the parts of the job that aren’t her favorite.

Transcript

Voiceover: Welcome to First Check, a podcast so you can learn how to be the next great venture capitalist or angel investor.

You’ve seen the Uber’s, Google’s, and Pendo’s of the world; the 10 X to 100 X returns. And you want to know how you can get in on the action. As a partner at Cofounders Capital, Host of First Check, Tim McLoughlin has invested over $43 million in startups. And on this podcast, he’s going to share with you what works and what doesn’t so you can be ready to write your first check.

On each episode, Tim brings on investors and founders so they can tell you the ups and downs of venture capital and what lessons they’ve learned along the way.

Today’s guest is Monique Villa, Venture Capitalist at Mucker Capital in Nashville Tennessee. Monique is pretty far from what we tend to think about when we picture a venture capitalist – the older white man who graduated from a prestigious university and went on to get his MBA. She’s none of those things, but might that gives her an advantage when evaluating startups to work with. On today’s show, Monique shares her unique perspective on all things investing and why she absolutely loves being a venture capitalist.

Here’s the host of First Check, Tim McLoughlin. 

Tim McLoughlin:  Monique, how you doing?

Monique Villa: Doing well. Really can’t complain. How are you doing?

Tim McLoughlin: I’m also doing well and, and I’d like to complain. No one would listen. So Monique, why don’t you just tell us a little bit about Mucker and the investment strategy and what you guys do.

Monique Villa: Yeah. And first of all, thank you for, thank you for having me and, and thank you for welcoming Mucker into this conversation.

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First Check is hosted by Cofounders Capital partner Tim McLoughlin, and is a production of Earfluence.

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