Podcast appearances and mentions of eva ho

Welcome to the latest episode of The Room Podcast! Today, we have the privilege of hosting Eva Ho, the co-founder of Fika Ventures, a driving force in the tech startup ecosystem. Eva Ho is no stranger to breaking barriers, and in this episode, she offers candid advice for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to carve their own paths. Join us as Eva takes us through her journey from her early days in the tech industry to her current role as a trailblazing venture capitalist. In this episode, we explore the role of personal history in professional pathways, knowing when to leave and take the leap of faith as a founder, and the evolution of the emerging manager landscape. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, an aspiring fund manager, or simply intrigued by the inner workings of venture capital, this episode is packed with wisdom and inspiration from one of the industry's most respected voices. Tune in as Eva Ho shares her vision for the future of technology and entrepreneurship.For The Room Podcast in your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter.Check out our guide to podcasting here! 5:33 - Where did Eva grow up and how did that shape her view of the world?7:31 - Did Eva always think she was meant to be a founder?9:17 - How has the culture around entrepreneurship changed over time at Harvard?14:48 - What brought Eva to the tech industry?17:50 - Why has Eva become an angel investor?20:51 - How did Eva get involved with Susa?22:18 - When did Eva realize it was time to leave Susa?25:41 - What is the mission behind Fika?27:26 - Who was the first team to say yes to investing in Fika?29:35 - How does Fika decide what industries it invests in?32:57 - When does Eva know it's time to say yes to investing in something?36:58 - What does Eva look for in a founder who encourages her to support them?41:48 - Why is Eva passionate about All Raise and how has it shaped her career?44:37 - What are some recent projects that Eva is excited about?46:17 - Who is a woman who has had a profound impact on Eva and her career?WX Productions

Our guest for today's podcast is Eva Ho, General Partner of Fika Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm that invests in founders solving meaningful, systemic problems through the use of data, related AI-enabled technologies, and automation. While this horizontal thesis allows Fika Ventures to be fairly sector agnostic, the firm is especially drawn to innovations in enterprise software, fintech, marketplaces, and digital health.  Fika is investing out of their Fund III and has committed capital of over $300 million life to date.   Prior to Fika, Eva was a founding GP at Susa Ventures. She is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Prior to Google, she was the head of marketing for Applied Semantics, a company that sold to Google in 2003. Eva holds an MBA from Cornell and a BA from Harvard.  Eva also graduated from one of the top high schools in the country, Boston Latin School.  And for those listeners who know me, I am biased as that is my high school.  In fact, Eva and I were high school classmates and we took many of the same AP classes together back in the day!   So, how does one get their start to becoming a great venture capitalist?  There isn't a clear answer, but I know our listeners will get a lot from this interview.  Without further ado, here is our conversation with Eva Ho.

I love me some Eva Ho. This remarkable individual embodies greatness. In this week's discussion, we delve into the transformative journey from investor to operating a venture capital firm. She emphasizes the significance of building a strong community, embracing risk, and embracing unwavering conviction.What does it take to build community and relationships in the business of supporting others? Community in the founder industry is about creating opportunities that benefit more people than just those in the tech ecosystem.In this episode of The Capital Stack, we have Eva Ho, a General Partner at Fika Ventures, an LA-based seed fund that invests in founders solving meaningful, systemic problems through data, related AI-enabled technologies, and automation. She is also a serial entrepreneur, founder, and active in the non-profit sector.Listen in to learn how Fika nurtures community and builds trustworthy investor relationships within the industry. You will also learn the importance of building a good LP relationship and taking into considering all fundraising stages of to have a good fund.What You Will Discover:· [01:50] Eva shares her journey with Fika, what they deal with, and how they've expanded.· [04:47] How Fika works to service founders and build a community that benefits others.· [09:23] She explains how Fika builds trustworthy investor relationships within the industry.· [15:42] Some of the lessons she's learned running a venture capital firm, plus how she has evolved.· [20:15] Why she believes repeat founders should show up with something when asking for funding.· [24:03] Why she's involved with a lot of non-profit work to keep herself grounded, coming from the world of high finance.· [28:02] The importance of considering all the fundraising stages to have a good fund. · [33:47] Understanding the challenges of an LP's work and the importance of respecting the position.· [37:48] The deal sourcing, picking, and winning process, plus what makes a good picker.· [40:50] How Fika works as a team to decide on deals by actively agreeing and disagreeing.Memorable Quote:· “Picking is very critical, and most firms are still figuring it out and evolving.”- Eva [44:25]Connect with Benji:· Website: https://fika.vc/· LinkedIn:

On this episode of 24 Shades of Blue, Andy sits down with Detective Shona Patterson to discuss the staggering disappearance of 3 young teenagers Eva Ho, Jackie Li, and Kevin Lim on August 14, 2006, just 5 days after the discovery of their friend's remains, Philip Sit. A very strong friendship tied the four together. This case has evoked many coverage calling the public to come forward with any information, yet there hasn't been one lead that the police received.

Eva Ho shares the attitude one needs to succeed in VC, the key foundation essential to  a valuable VC partnership, and the core principles of a high quality investment.Guests - Eva HoWebsite - https://fika.vc/Follow Us!LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/coefficient-labsInstagram: www.instagram.com/demodaypodcast/Facebook: www.facebook.com/coefficientlabs/Twitter: https://twitter.com/coefficientlabsContact Information:social@coefficientlabs.com

Eva is a General Partner at Fika Ventures, an early stage fund investing in companies that leverage the power of data as a core component of their business model. Prior to Fika, Eva was a founding GP at Susa Ventures. She is a serial entrepreneur and founder, with a company experience portfolio including Applied Semantics (AdSense), Factual, Google, Youtube and Navigating Cancer. She is active in the non-profit sector, serving on the boards of California Community Foundation and UCLA Technology Development Group. She was recently the EIR for the city of LA working with Mayor Eric Garcetti. Eva holds an MBA from Cornell and a BA from Harvard. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evaho1/ Twitter: eva_ho Website: fika.vc --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geeksofthevalley/support

Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Eva Ho (@eva_ho), General Partner at Fika Ventures, an LA-based boutique seed fund that invests in founders solving meaningful, systemic problems through the use of data, related AI-enabled technologies, and automation.Prior to Fika, Eva was a founding GP at Susa Ventures. She is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Previously, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Prior to Google, she was the head of marketing for Applied Semantics, a company that sold to Google in 2003. She also co-founded Navigating Cancer, a health startup, in 2008 which is now based in Seattle. She is active in the non-profit sector, serving on the boards of California Community Foundation and First Descents. She is also a founding member of All Raise. She recently served as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the city of Los Angeles working with Mayor Eric Garcetti and his team.In her spare time, you can find her wandering remote geo coordinates, with a special affinity for cold, inhospitable places. Almost always, she is accompanied by her trusty camera and a backpack too large for her frame. Eva holds an MBA from Cornell and a BA from Harvard.Website: Fika VenturesLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/evaho1Twitter: @eva_hoEva's Email: eva@fika.vc   Show Notes: Eva's original vision for launching Fika Ventures with her partner TX Zhuo Eva's time with Susa Ventures Eva's personal background and the journey that has brought her to where she is today How she began angel investing in 2013 and her path to VC The importance of representation and diversity in VC Eva's advice for improving and growing as an investor The mindset shift from operator to investor Finka Ventures' portfolio construction and the progression through their three funds Balancing discipline around a clearly focused thesis with knowing when to make exceptions and take risks Adapting to the quickly changing world of modern investing Eva's thoughts on the Future of Work and embracing discomfort Eva's experience with Screendoor More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/

TX Zhuo joins today to talk about starting Fika with Eva Ho with the goal of giving back to the community. TX has an amazing story of dropping out of school to start his first business and how his approach to investing is evolving as the venture market evolves.

Fika invests in enterprise, B2B SAAS and data-oriented solutions.  Fika is usually writing checks in the $750k to $1.2M range and Eva tells us how check size and round size have changed over time.  Eva is an extremely thoughtful investor about everything from data ethics to building stronger communities.  We're glad Eva is part of the LA community!   Leave us a review, let me know, and I'll send back my gratitude.

Eva Ho, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, shares her incredible story starting with growing up in Mozambique and coming to the US as a refugee at an early age. Co-founder and general partner at Fika Ventures, Eva walks us through her early years after college and how she eventually forged her path into the world of venture capital. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Eva is avid in her service to others. Working with multiple non-profits to create positive systemic change and address issues such as homelessness and educational access, Eva is doing her part step by step in making the world a better place.

Eva Ho of Fika Ventures, Ben Narasin of NEA Ventures, and Erik Rannala of Mucker Capital discuss their strategy for identifying and investing in companies in the SoCal SaaS space – and pinpoint the critical nature of Investor-Founder communication in a panel moderated by Katherine Ku of WSGR.

Part 2 of 3 of our LA Series

Eva Ho, General Partner at Fika Ventures, discusses their investment thesis.

Eva Ho is a General Partner and co-founder of Fika Ventures, a new $40M seed fund based in LA. She's also an EIR of the City of Los Angeles and a board member of the California Community Foundation. She was previously a co-founder of Susa Ventures, and before that an operator and early employee at Factual and Applied Semantics, and a co-founder of Navigating Cancer. In this episode, we discuss Eva's upbringing and career to date, her path as an operator to VC, and what it takes to raise and launch a new institutional venture firm. We dig into how Eva and her partner TX teamed up, how they approached top tier LPs, and ultimately how they think about building a long-term early-stage firm in LA.

Eva Ho is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30928]

Eva Ho is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30928]

Eva Ho is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30928]

Eva Ho is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30928]

Eva Ho is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30928]

Eva Ho is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30928]

May 21, 2015 Venture Capitalist Eva Ho & Results Map Kimberly Alexander

Episode Summary In today's episode of The Successful Pitch, John Livesay features Eva Ho, the co-founder of Susa Ventures on to give her thoughts on staying true to your focus, being part of an entrepreneurial team and where to find your inspiration. As a member of a small company later taken over by Google (Applied Semantics), she also gives some great insight into what it's like to have your company bought by an Internet giant, yet still retaining the original family feeling. Key Takeaways 00.14 - John Livesay gives a bit of background information on today's guest, Eva Ho. 03.09 - Regardless of your beginnings, having the drive and ability to network can change everything. 04.54 - It's not just business anymore; try to connect with your clients on a personal level. 07.25 - Marketing styles: How important is having a personal brand? 10.39 - Conveying your true passion should be a key aim of any pitch you do. 12.31 - Being an entrepreneur doesn't mean going it alone. 15.07 - What does having Google buy your company feel like? 16.41 - If you do eventually want to sell, ask your investors for help, guidance and their expertise. 19.59 - Pre-Google and post-Google: The impact on a small company. 21.22 - Changing jobs and seeing the situation from the other side. 23.20 - Advice for making a good impression and getting an appointment. 26.53 - Eva Ho talks about how to find authenticity and inspiration through certain books. 28.10 - Get the know-how, and being a woman can really be an advantage in the tech world. 29.27 - Get in touch with Eva Ho via email (eva@susaventures.com) or Twitter @eva_ho Tweetables You can fake a lot, but you can't fake passion. Be prepared: due diligence starts before you're even through the door. Investors aren't interested in hearing about your exit strategy. Going over to Google was an extension of our family. How can you scale yourself? How can you scale yourself? Links Mentioned www.YCombinator.com The Lean Startup by Eric Ries [book] Zero to One by Peter Thiel [book] Share The Love Did you enjoy the show? I'd love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review! Click this link Click on the 'Subscribe' button below the artwork Go to the 'Ratings and Reviews' section Click on 'Write a Review'