One More Scoop with Tanuja Rajah

Tanuja Rajah is currently a Partner at M Venture Partners (MVP), an early-stage venture capital firm based in Singapore. Prior to joining MVP, she embarked on her own entrepreneurial journey by founding a dating startup called LoveSprk. Additionally, Tanuja has worked as a launch manager at Entrepreneur First, a renowned global talent investor and also served as the Programme Director at the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC). Throughout her career, Tanuja has collaborated with numerous companies and founders in diverse sectors such as enterprise internet, deep tech, consumer retail, and blockchain. She is an entrepreneur herself and holds a PhD in Immunology from Monash University.

Topics:

[00:00:00] - Building Relationships and Influence 

[00:01:19] - Childhood and Love for the Arts 

[00:04:15] - Studying Genetics and Immunology

[00:11:25] - Doing a PhD 

[00:17:16] - Starting a lifestyle business 

[00:20:11] - Regrets and Closure 

[00:27:51] - Shutting Down the Startup

[00:33:20] - Joining Entrepreneur First

[00:35:33] - Successful Founder Dynamics 

[00:42:18] - Challenges of an Emerging Fund 

[00:46:27] - Mental shifts in VC 

[00:49:13] - Building a relationship with founders 

[00:52:26] - Assessing market structures 

[01:00:08] - Unwinding activities

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