S3E01: Monique Woodard, Cake Ventures, Trust Was Always the Moat
What could you do with a free weekend and a few subscriptions to some AI tools? Probably start a billion dollar company.
This is the reality for so many startups and tech companies that can suddenly ship projects that previously would’ve taken a couple of months (and a couple of developers) to deploy. So in a world where everyone can build, what’s the differentiator?
Monique Woodard has a few ideas. She’s the founding partner of Cake Ventures, a fund writing checks into pre-seed and seed-stage companies at the intersection of technology and demographic shifts.
She’s interested in how companies can stand out in a crowded, AI-driven environment, the way soft skills have transformed, and what AI means for the humans still in the loop.
Check size: $250k – $750k
Highlights:
• Trust is key for any company, and it’s not something that’s going to be replaced by technology any time soon.
• Monique is thinking more about the desk-less future of work and what AI means for the white collar workforce.
• The skills once labeled as “soft” are now getting rebranded into the “hard” skills that everyone needs to survive and thrive.
This is the reality for so many startups and tech companies that can suddenly ship projects that previously would’ve taken a couple of months (and a couple of developers) to deploy. So in a world where everyone can build, what’s the differentiator?
Monique Woodard has a few ideas. She’s the founding partner of Cake Ventures, a fund writing checks into pre-seed and seed-stage companies at the intersection of technology and demographic shifts.
She’s interested in how companies can stand out in a crowded, AI-driven environment, the way soft skills have transformed, and what AI means for the humans still in the loop.
Check size: $250k – $750k
Highlights:
• Trust is key for any company, and it’s not something that’s going to be replaced by technology any time soon.
• Monique is thinking more about the desk-less future of work and what AI means for the white collar workforce.
• The skills once labeled as “soft” are now getting rebranded into the “hard” skills that everyone needs to survive and thrive.
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Shaherose Charania
Partner at Unshackled Ventures | Always helping founders | Raised on Atari, MS-DOS, Bollywood & Hip Hop. 🇨🇦in 🇺🇸
