Becoming a Facilitator of Opportunity - Interview with Kevin Parakkattu

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If Not Now Wen Podcast

Wen Zhang

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Dreaming of venturing into the world while growing up in an isolated mountain town in rural China, Wen completely transformed her life by teaching herself English using a cassette machine. Despite countless challenges, she pushed forward to become the only person who ever left her hometown, and achieves her dream of seeing the world four years later. On this channel, you will meet different entrepreneurs, who have accomplished unimaginable feats, to share their dreams, the ups, the downs, and everything in between, while giving you a peek behind the curtains of how they make it possible!

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Becoming a Facilitator of Opportunity - Interview with Kevin Parakkattu

If Not Now Wen Podcast

54 minutes 24 seconds

2 years ago

Becoming a Facilitator of Opportunity - Interview with Kevin Parakkattu

My special guest in today’s episode of If Not Now Wen is Kevin Parakkattu. Kevin is a Partner at Plug and Play Ventures, where he leads the firm's Commerce, Media, and Consumer investments.

Throughout his 5 years of investing at PNP, Kevin has led seed and early-stage investments in over 30 companies including companies like BigID, MANSCAPED (filed for $1b SPAC), Madison Reed, Naadam, ZigZag Global (acq'd Global Blue) and others.

He also sits on the Innovation Advisory Board at the National Retail Federation. Prior to PNP, Kevin was an investment analyst at Centripetal Capital and a cofounder of a pure-play customer apparel business.

Kevin is such a sincere and grounded person who leads with kindness and a genuine desire to connect with the people around him. He strives to become a facilitator of opportunity and growth for others. Kevin is such an inspiration, and I know you will love this episode as much as I do.

We talk about:

🔹 How the right mentor can change the path of your future

🔹 Huge lessons learned as a VC

🔹 How Plug and Play is becoming a global scaling partner

🔹 Understanding the life cycle of a fund

🔹 Advice for entrepreneurs in today’s climate

Curious to hear more from Kevin and his inspiring story? Catch today’s episode right here!