Payal Agrawal's guest appearances

Payal Agrawal

The VentureFizz Podcast

TechniQ

Top Startups Series

Point Health Podcast

Dan Belcher

Jennifer Paxton

Payal Agrawal Divakaran

David Chang

John Burns

Jennifer Smith

Wayne Chang

Dennis Mortensen

Ryan Denehy

Paul English

Jeff Coyle

Bob Davis

Ryan Smith

Matt Schwartz

Richard Lin

OwlTail

Kathryn Taylor

Payal is a Partner at .406 Ventures. She joined the firm almost 6 years ago and co-leads the digital health practice. Karthyn joined .406 Ventures this year as a Vice President and she is also aligned with the digital health sector. Needless to say, the healthcare industry has gone through radical transformation due to the pandemic and a lot of the technologies that support the industry have been accelerated, so we had a lot to talk about in this space.Named after the legendary baseball player, Ted Williams, .406 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that has raised over $1B across four core funds and two opportunity funds. The firm invests in innovative IT and services companies in data &amp; cloud, digital health, and cybersecurity.In this episode of our podcast, we cover:* Payal and Kathryn’s background and how they ended up breaking into the VC industry.* All the details on .406 Ventures including their investment area of focus, stage of investing, and portfolio examples.* A look into the trends across the digital health industry.* Thoughts on helping to improve the diversity numbers in the VC industry and career advice on how to land a job as a Venture Capitalist.* What makes the position as a VC so difficult.* And so much more.If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

Payal is a Partner at .406 Ventures. She joined the firm almost 6 years ago and co-leads the digital health practice. Karthyn joined .406 Ventures this year as a Vice President and she is also aligned with the digital health sector. Needless to say, the healthcare industry has gone through radical transformation due to the pandemic and a lot of the technologies that support the industry have been accelerated, so we had a lot to talk about in this space. Named after the legendary baseball player, Ted Williams, .406 Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that has raised over $1B across four core funds and two opportunity funds. The firm invests in innovative IT and services companies in data &amp; cloud, digital health, and cybersecurity. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * Payal and Kathryn’s background and how they ended up breaking into the VC industry. * All the details on .406 Ventures including their investment area of focus, stage of investing, and portfolio examples. * A look into the trends across the digital health industry. * Thoughts on helping to improve the diversity numbers in the VC industry and career advice on how to land a job as a Venture Capitalist. * What makes the position as a VC so difficult. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

Episode 210: Payal Agrawal Divakaran and Kathryn Taylor Reddy - .406 Ventures

Interview with Payal Agrawal Divakaran, partner at .406 Ventures, one of the top investors recognized within the healthcare industry.     0:20 Who is .406 Ventures?  2:37 You seem to focus on healthcare services, why?  5:25 Healthcare is so vast, how do you filter this industry?  9:59 Are you looking for moonshots or something practical as an early stage healthcare investor?  14:11 What do you see in healthcare most people don’t?  18:17 Can it be limiting to invest in healthcare?  21:22 Can you highlight some of your investments?  25:32 What is the business model that works for healthcare services?  28:55 How do you know the right tool to manage a specific health issue?  32:36 Do you focus on platform plays or tools for specific conditions?  36:02 Healthcare has long sales cycles - how does this shape your investment thesis?  40:12 Why do you choose to invest in healthcare, when enterprise software or cyber security is much less riskier?  43:30 How does the pandemic change your outlook on healthcare?  46:04 Highlighting unique features of .406 Ventures - portfolio development.  48:45 Closing Remarks    About .406 Ventures: .406 Ventures is an early stage technology venture capital firm investing in enterprise technology companies founded by visionary entrepreneurs. .406 Ventures was founded in 2005 and has $1 billion under management. The .406 Ventures team is comprised of entrepreneurs and operators who became investors to apply real world experience and strong company-building skills to create value for entrepreneurs and LPs. The firm leads, or co-leads, first institutional investment rounds in market-changing Digital Health and Enterprise IT companies and world-class operators, who move quickly and embody successful entrepreneurial DNA with their passion, creativity and endurance.  Visit: www.406ventures.com  About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders &amp; investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free.  Visit: TopStartupsSummit.com  About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia.  Visit: mdi.vc  ---   Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/top-startups-series/support

Interview with Payal Agrawal Divakaran, partner at .406 Ventures, one of the top investors recognized within the healthcare industry.    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=20s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">0:20</a> Who is .406 Ventures? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=157s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2:37</a> You seem to focus on healthcare services, why? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=325s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5:25</a> Healthcare is so vast, how do you filter this industry? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=599s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">9:59</a> Are you looking for moonshots or something practical as an early stage healthcare investor? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=851s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">14:11</a> What do you see in healthcare most people don’t? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=1097s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">18:17</a> Can it be limiting to invest in healthcare? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=1282s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">21:22</a> Can you highlight some of your investments? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=1532s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">25:32</a> What is the business model that works for healthcare services? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=1735s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">28:55</a> How do you know the right tool to manage a specific health issue? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=1956s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">32:36</a> Do you focus on platform plays or tools for specific conditions? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=2162s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">36:02</a> Healthcare has long sales cycles - how does this shape your investment thesis? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=2412s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">40:12</a> Why do you choose to invest in healthcare, when enterprise software or cyber security is much less riskier? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=2610s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">43:30</a> How does the pandemic change your outlook on healthcare? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=2764s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">46:04</a> Highlighting unique features of .406 Ventures - portfolio development. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjKXxBjh0g&amp;t=2925s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">48:45</a> Closing Remarks   About .406 Ventures: .406 Ventures is an early stage technology venture capital firm investing in enterprise technology companies founded by visionary entrepreneurs. .406 Ventures was founded in 2005 and has $1 billion under management. The .406 Ventures team is comprised of entrepreneurs and operators who became investors to apply real world experience and strong company-building skills to create value for entrepreneurs and LPs. The firm leads, or co-leads, first institutional investment rounds in market-changing Digital Health and Enterprise IT companies and world-class operators, who move quickly and embody successful entrepreneurial DNA with their passion, creativity and endurance.  Visit: <a href="http://www.406ventures.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.406ventures.com</a> About Top Startups Summit: The Top Startups Summit was created to recognize the top startups in a specific industries globally. We've spent months mapping industries, selecting the top companies and writing detailed reports on the best technologies. We have hosted many investor-only events to discuss industry trends. Now we're opening our work to the public. We will share the list of all the top startups per industry, a lengthy due diligence report and we'll invite the best founders &amp; investors on stage to share unique insights you won't find anywhere else.... all for free.  Visit: <a href="http://TopStartupsSummit.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TopStartupsSummit.com</a> About MDI Ventures: MDI Ventures is a US$800 million+ multi-fund venture capital arm of Indonesia's largest telecom company Telkom Group. It is one of the best-performing tech investment funds in Asia.  Visit: <a href="http://mdi.vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mdi.vc</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/top-startups-series/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/top-startups-series/support</a>

Payal Agrawal Divakaran, Partner at .406 Ventures - Top Healthcare Investor

Payal Agrawal Divakaran is a Rockstar! She's also a Principal at .406 Ventures making tech startup dreams come true. Press play as we peel back the curtain of the mysterious investment banking world and ask all the hard hitting questions - about #Culture. Keep learning. Keep beating the Culture drum.Timestamp listening:0.00.00 - Intro0.10.00 - What is Culture?0.12.30 - Being intentional + Persevering0.17.30 - Tying Culture into Investment Strategies0.29.00 - Make Culture a Priority0.34.00 - Diversity &amp; Inclusion0.38.00 - Q&amp;A

#42: Payal Agrawal Divakaran - [Principal] @ .406 Ventures - Making Culture a Priority