Amit Garg

  I have been in Silicon Valley for 20 years -- at Samsung NEXT Ventures, running my own startup (as of May 2019 a series D that has raised $120M and valued at $450M), at Norwest Ventures, and doing product and analytics at Google. My academic training is BS in computer science and MS in biomedical informatics, both from Stanford, and MBA from Harvard. I speak natively 3 languages, live carbon-neutral, am a 70.3 Ironman finisher, and have built a hospital in rural India serving 100,000 people.

 



175 Stories by Amit Garg

Why We Invested In Somethings - Mentorship For Teens

Excited to announce our investment in a $3.2M seed for Somethings, which provides mental health mentorship for teens. We are joined by General Catalyst,...
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The Case Against First Mover Advantage: Why Entrepreneurs Should Not Be The First

At Tau and repeatedly over my career, as an operator, entrepreneur and investor, I have been extolled the virtues of first-mover advantage. And my...
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Pre-Seed: 5 Practical Things To Do When It’s Just You And A Startup Idea

The nomenclature has got very muddled — why is a company raising a $10M called seed but another raising a $5M is series A?...
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Pre-Seed: 5 Practical Things To Do When It’s Just You And A Startup Idea

The nomenclature has got very muddled — why is a company raising a $10M called seed but another raising a $5M is series A?...
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Why We Invested In Beaming Health — Helping With Autism

Excited to announce investment in the $1.7M seed of Beaming Health alongside NextGen Venture Partners, Divergent Investments, Designer Fund and MedMountain Ventures. Beaming is a platform marketplace for...
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Breaking Into A New Market? 5 Practical Tips For Non-US Startups To Succeed In The US

In 20+ years in Silicon Valley I have both seen, advised and sometimes dissuaded foreign entrepreneurs about coming to the US. This is a...
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First Institutional Raise – Single Investor Or Syndicate?

In a recent conversation with a young woman founder, I was asked whether founders should raise their first institutional round from multiple investors (a...
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A Corporate As Your Lead Investor? 4 Key Factors For Startups

Startups get interest from strategic investors all the time. We expect that interest to become more pronounced given the current market conditions where traditional...
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To Be Or Not To Be? 4 Principles For Investing In A Startup VS VC Fund

Almost every day I get asked about how investing in a VC fund is different from a startup. So this is a post summarizing...
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Engineering Funnel? 10 Ways For Entrepreneurs To Find And Hire Technical Talent

For startups, especially at the early stages, finding and hiring technical talent is the single biggest bottleneck. This is a post covering 10 ways...
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The Evolving Role Of The Doctor

The pandemic has catalyzed technology adoption within healthcare, and thus indirectly, has accelerated the evolution of physicians’ role within medicine and healthcare. This 2...
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The accelerating rate of healthcare innovation

Current economic headwinds are challenging, and we thought we’d take a momentary reprieve to zoom out and reflect on some of the longer-term trends...
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