Ratna Mehta, CEO & Managing Partner, Fundalogical Ventures

It’s yet another solid chat from the Women In Investing’s podcast series ‘Champions with Chequebook$’. This series highlights investors who are coincidentally women and takes you through their thinking and journey as fund managers and investors. We hope you’ll listen in and share widely.

In this episode, Ratna Mehta, Founder, Fundalogical Ventures chats with Sapna Goyal, VP, Waterbridge Ventures. Ratna’s clarity as an investor shines through this episode. The conversation ranges from the start of Fundalogical Ventures to Ratna’s love for travel!

Ratna minces no words when she talks about building a support system, not just as a woman, but as anyone about to start something of their own. Dwelling on her journey, Ratna speaks about the differential edge for Fundalogical Ventures and she calls India as a barbell for investing. Listen to know why she says that!

Ratna lives by the adage that no amount of ideation is enough to see results. Execution is all powerful and it shows in her investing philosophy too: Don’t invest out of any FOMO created externally.

In this chat, Ratna opens up on the gaps she sees in the supply chain landscape in India. She also touches upon the most common mistakes founders make while building from 1-10. Some important nuggets in the episode for founders too on building moats and sticking to your core!