Inside Venture Capital: Work in Progress – with General Catalyst Partner Viet Le

In this episode of Work in Progress, hosts Paula Wehmeyer,
Partner at General Catalyst, and Helena Meyer-Schönherr, Managing
Director at Ten More In, dive into the world of venture capital.
Together, they explore what it takes to be a successful investor
and how VCs navigate deal-making, portfolio management, and
market trends.


Their guest is Viet Le, Partner at General Catalyst and a leading
early-stage AI investor. Viet shares his journey from machine
learning engineering at Amazon to becoming one of Europe’s top
AI-focused VCs. He breaks down the realities of early-stage
investing, what makes a great VC, and how he spots and wins
competitive deals.
Key Topics:

How venture capital funds operate and what it takes to be a
great investor

The different stages of investing: finding, winning, and
supporting startups

How Viet sources the best AI founders and builds
relationships in the ecosystem

The reality of VC decision-making: internal selling,
investment committees, and deal negotiations

What makes venture capital a high-risk, high-reward career

Practical career advice for those looking to break into VC





 


About Viet Le


Viet holds long monologues about his 3 Ds: design, data, and dev
tools. When he's not in product deep-dives with founders, you can
find him showing admiration for artists and builders on
design/tech TikTok and Twitter.


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levile/


About Helena Meyer-Schönherr & Ten More In


Helena Meyer-Schönherr is an experienced leader in venture
building, organizational strategy, and scaling high-growth
startups. As Managing Director at Ten More In, she focuses on
launching and growing new ventures, leveraging her expertise in
company building and strategic development.


Ten More In is a leadership platform for women founded in 2022 by
Lea-Sophie Cramer and Lia Grünhage. The company's core mission is
to ensure future leadership levels reflect gender representation
proportionally across economic, political, and social domains.


LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/helena-meyer-sch%C3%B6nherr-41160955/


Website: https://www.tenmorein.com/


About Paula Hübner Wehmeyer & General Catalyst


Paula invests in technology companies that enable or rethink
large industries. Paula's focus is on startups in the areas of
commerce tech, i.e. digital support for trade, as well as
purchasing and logistics. Previously, Paula was a consultant in
the Berlin office of McKinsey, where she supported well-known
consumer goods and retail companies in matters relating to
e-commerce, purchasing, and internal process optimization.


General Catalyst is a US-based venture capital firm that makes
early-stage and growth-stage investments. The firm has invested
in global companies including Airbnb, Kayak, Datalogix, Datto,
Livongo, Gusto, Buildkite, Warby Parker, Oscar, Deliveroo,
Lemonade, Stripe and Snap.


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulasophiehuebner/


Website: https://www.generalcatalyst.com/


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