Arteen Arabshahi

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What sectors do you invest in at Fika? I spend most of my time looking at B2B or B2B2C marketplaces and have a pension for the intersection of technology and “real world industries.” I like to say I’m not looking to reinvent the wheel but rather put grease on it. This interest and my time at Route lend themselves to investing in categories like commerce enablement, supply chain, logistics, business-in-a-box, and other software opportunities that impact real-world businesses and small businesses. What did you do before joining Fika? I have lived two careers now as both a VC and an operator. Most recently, I was SVP of Strategy at Route.com from Series A to over $100M+ in revenue. Before Route, I spent 7 years as an investor, most relevantly as a founding member here at Fika Fund 1. And before that, my career started via a combination of hustle (cold emails) and luck that landed me opportunities like Techstars Chicago in the formative accelerator years and launching BuiltinLA.com at the start of LA’s most recent tech boom.

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