Rewriting the Rules of Venture Capital: Allison Baum Gates on Founder-Market Fit, AI, and the Future of Work
The Truth About VC
I sat down with Allison Baum Gates of SemperVirens Venture Capital to talk about what it really takes to build and fund a startup in Work Tech right now.
We covered a lot:
• Why founder-market fit > product-market fit
• The launch of the Semper Virens Accelerator
• $177M in new capital for work, wealth, and health innovation
• What “AI-native” really means
• The hard truth about raising venture capital
• How founders can break into and win in VC
If you're building in Work Tech, HR Tech, health tech, or fintech, this is required watching/listening.
Full episode + article here: https://1worktech.com/2025/07/29/rewriting-the-rules-of-venture-allison-baum-gates-on-founder-market-fit-ai-and-the-future-of-work/