Kate McAndrew Inside The Mind Of A $100M Investor l Trailblazers Podcast Episode 40
About this episode
Kate McAndrew shares insights on evaluating entrepreneurs and investing in startups.
In this episode, we sit down with Kate McAndrew, Co-Founder and General Partner of Baukunst, a $100 million pre-seed venture fund investing in the next generation of founders. After spending more than a decade investing in over 100 early-stage companies, Kate shares how she evaluates entrepreneurs long before the rest of the market catches on. We discuss what makes a startup worth investing in, how great investors think from first principles, the traits that separate exceptional founders, how to build company cultures and institutions that last, and the unconventional path that led her into venture capital. If you're interested in startups, investing, entrepreneurship, or understanding how the best venture capitalists think, this episode is for you. This episode is supported by Sydecar, HEX, Wispr Flow, Granola, Beehiiv, Kalshi Sydecar: https://sydecar.io/partners/trailblazers beehiiv: https://www.beehiiv.com/splash?utm_campaign=trailblazers-2026-Partnership&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=trailblazers&utm_term=podcast-4&stripe_campaign_code=TRAILBLAZERS30 (or use code “trailblazers30” for 30% OFF) *beehiiv has a major announcement coming July 16 - can't say more…
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