#11 Pranav Sood, Airwallex

Today, we're happy to welcome Pranav Sood, currently EMEA General Manager at Airwallex, a $5.5B global payments and financial platform for modern businesses. Prior to joining Airwallex, Pranav spent 5 years at UK fintech GoCardless in a variety of roles including Strategy, International Expansion and running the global SME business. Since starting angel investing in 2021, Pranav has invested in around 25 primarily B2B fintech & SaaS businesses and as an LP in one fund.

In this episode you'll learn:

- How Pranav got started investing, his thinking behind building towards a 50-100 investment portfolio and deciding on verticals, geo and ticket sizes

- Reflections on investing globally and how Pranav thinks about sourcing and winning international deals

- How Pranav’s angel Investing connects to his work as an operator and what it's given him both personally and professionally

- Why distribution is one of Pranav’s core focus areas when diligencing deals

- How Pranav thinks about balancing own conviction and signal investing


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