Martin Mignot, the first investor in Deliveroo, became a millionaire before turning 30. Now, as a partner at Index Ventures—the firm behind early bets on Figma, Scale AI, and Revolut—he exclusively shares with Fortune the two strategies Gen Z can use to build wealth fast: become a founder or get in early at the right startup. He also offers advice to spot the next unicorn.
00:00We knew Dylan from Jeff Wiener, who was at the time a CEO of LinkedIn.
00:05And I think Dylan was, he had met Dylan, who was an intern in one of our companies.
00:11And he, you know, he met him and felt like Dylan had a really, both, you know, really interesting insights about the design market and where it was going.
00:22One of his big finding and learning was very much that we were going to move from single player tool to multiplayer tool.
00:32That was kind of his deep insight.
00:34He also had the creativity and hunger and ambition to build something that could compete with the giants of the space.
00:43And so we just invested on him very much, you know, really.
00:46And his co-founder, which is a lot of what we do, before they had launched anything.
00:50Actually, I think it took them four or five years to really have a public product that folks could use.
00:58There are people who I say kind of glow in the dark.
01:01That's how I describe them, you know, and, you know, we back founders that glow in the dark.
01:06That's the, you know, that is kind of the way I think about it.
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