Assaf Wand
6 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 18, 2019 by Assaf Wand · said 6 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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Jan 18, 2019 negative
Wand: InsurTech startups look one funding round earlier than they actually are
“In general, what happened, and this is my view for InsurTech, is There's a lot of interest and demand, and a lot of players actually wants to do something in this field. However, every company looks one round earlier than it should be. What I mean is that a co…”
Jan 18, 2019
Wand: Fundraising time pressure favors VCs, so founders should run blitzes
“The time value is always in the benefits of the fund and not of the founder, and because of that, I think when you're doing a fundraising, it needs to be a condensed blitz and have 20, 30 meetings in that week, see what's going on, push it to the next level.”
Jan 18, 2019
Jan 18, 2019
Jan 18, 2019 negative
Wand: VCs undervalue InsurTechs because they misunderstand insurance de-risking mechanics
“VCs don't really understand insurance. So they don't understand the risking that was done behind the scene. To lower the risk and actually bring you to have a customer. They don't understand how you manage your claims, and what you've done on the reinsurance, …”
Jan 18, 2019
Wand: External board members rarely provide continuous ongoing value to startups
“It's going to be very rare for an external person to come up with continuous ideas and value on an ongoing basis. I'm not saying that they can't bring a lot of value every once in a while, but not on a continuous kind of level.”