Investor Stories 446: What Experience Teaches Investors: When to Trust Conviction, How to Read Founders, and Why Coachability Matters (Rizik, Wang, Agarwal)

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified · Dec 11, 2025 · 8m

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:

Chris Rizik of Renaissance Venture Capital

Casber Wang of Sapphire Ventures

Medha Agarwal of Defy

We asked guests to describe the biggest change to their investment philosophy over the course of their career

The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.

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