00:00 Introduction
00:22 What inspired you to become a VC?
01:51 What is your investment thesis? What is the motivation for your thesis?
04:41 What are you currently reading or learning or listening to these days?
07:56 In 2 years, how do you see venture capital evolved or changed?
14:58 How do people contact you?
15:32 Thank you
🎙️ Attention entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts! 📣 In our latest Female VC Lab podcast episode, we had the pleasure of hosting Alison Ryu from Able Partners!
Here's a quick summary of the key takeaways:
1️⃣ Founders now have more choices in who they work with and the value they can provide.
2️⃣ Specialist funds with specific expertise are gaining traction, offering personalized support that mega funds may not provide.
3️⃣ Abel Partners focuses on health and well-being, supporting early-stage companies that close the wellness gap.
4️⃣ AI integration is a hot topic, but questions about differentiation, unique IP, and scalability must be considered.
5️⃣ "Super Founders" by Ali Thomas Sebb is a must-read, challenging VC assumptions about founder success.
6️⃣ Generative AI and its impact on the tech ecosystem, as well as content companies and IP, is a topic of interest.
7️⃣ Abel's investment mandate focuses on disruptive healthcare, the care economy, consumer well-being, and connection and community.
8️⃣ Content creators face challenges in determining originality and protecting intellectual property in the age of AI.
9️⃣ The power of listening and learning from podcasts like Peter Atia's, the Huberman Lab, and Liz Moody's Healthier Together.
🌟 Follow us for more insights, interviews, and inspiration! 💡💼 Let's build a thriving business ecosystem together. 🚀✨ #FemaleVC #PodcastInspo #entrepreneurialmindset
Featured Guest Bio:
Alison has been investing in consumer brands for nearly a decade. Prior to Able, Alison was a General Partner & Managing Director at CircleUp Growth Partners where she led investments in early stage consumer brands. Before CircleUp, Alison was a Vice President at TSG Consumer where she invested in consumer and retail brands and worked closely with the e-commerce investments in their portfolio. She spent a year as an operator on the executive team of Backcountry.com, one of the TSG portfolio companies. Prior to TSG, Alison worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in the Consumer & Retail Group. Alison has served on the Board of Directors of Kosas Cosmetics, Nutpods and Mented Cosmetics. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and lives in San Francisco with her husband.
Guest Contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonryu/
Fund Information:
Able is an investment fund focused on health & wellbeing. We aim to support passionate entrepreneurs building visionary brands in positive living that will make the daily lives of consumers healthier, happier and more meaningful.
We seek to partner with companies that are narrowing The Wellness Gap: the quantifiable delta that has grown dramatically over the past two decades as economic indicators such as GDP per capita have increased while measures of overall wellbeing, including physical and mental health, have stagnated or decreased.
We are most focused on overlooked or stigmatized communities that have resulted in underserved markets. These are the areas where we see opportunity: disruptive healthcare, care economy, consumer wellbeing and connection & community.
Fund Site:
https://ablepartners.nyc/
Fund Contact:
https://www.instagram.com/laud_able/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ablepartners/
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