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Podcast: Wharton FinTech Podcast
Episode: Meka Asonye, Partner at First Round Capital - Taking a Founder First Approach to Investing
Description: Anirudh Singh sits down with Meka Asonye, Partner at First Round Capital. In this episode they discuss:
- Mekaโs early career, including spending time with the Cleveland Indians
- Heading Stripeโs Startup/SMB business
- How Meka became an angel investor and later decided to join First Round Capital
- Being fluent in Pig Latin
And much more!
Meka Asonye is a Partner at First Round Capital based in San Francisco. Before moving into venture, Meka was an active angel investor backing companies such as Coda, Common Room, Rimeto (acq. by Slack), Snackpass and Stytch.
Previously, he served as t...