Emerging Managers | ESG and Diversity
Who Are the LPs that are Investing in Underrepresented-Led VC Managers?
Many LPs are actively backing underrepresented managers (primarily women-led firms and people of color) through direct mandates or an increased focus and preference toward investing in underrepresented managers. Here’s a crowd-sourced list assembled by Samir Kaji:
Diversity in VC: Learnings from an LP Audit and how we can make this better together
This winter, Women in VC, the world’s largest community of female venture investors, released a report on “The Untapped Potential of Women-led Funds.” The research was stark, if not surprising. According to the group’s proprietary data, 5.6% of U.S.-based VC firms are led...
Who Are the LPs that are Investing in Underrepresented-Led VC Managers?
Many LPs are actively backing underrepresented managers (primarily women-led firms and people of color) through direct mandates or an increased focus and preference toward investing in underrepresented managers. Here’s a crowd-sourced list assembled by Samir Kaji:
Announcing the Black Venture Institute
Today, we are thrilled to announce our newest and largest program yet: the Black Venture Institute. We’ve been busy working on this initiative all summer with incredible partners that include Operator Collective, Salesforce Ventures, and UC Berkeley Haas.
10 Practices of Sustainable Diversity in VC Partnerships
The last several weeks have been eye-opening into the systemic racism that exists across our society. Unfortunately the recent events are not a new phenomenon — just more visible in a world of social media and smartphones. From Congress to the Police to even our small...
File this one under: DO NOT MISS 🌟
The very first LP Roundtable on the #VentureUnlocked podcast is a *must listen* ... episode.
Featuring insights from @cdouvos, @guyperelmuter, and @Beezer232.
https://ventureunlocked.substack.com/p/lp-roundtable-with-chris-douvos-ahoy
#OpenLP
In the early stages of the life cycle of a fund, the most frequently used performance metrics (MOIC, TVPI, DPI, IRR) may... not be very reliable...
So what are the key VC performance metrics beyond just common multiples?
https://www.bfp.vc/vc-performance-metrics-for-early-stage-funds-beyond-common-multiples/ by @marcocsolinas
How can emerging fund managers prepare for access to new capital?
@cartainc, @DLA_Piper, + @WeaverCPAs are hosting a ... webinar tomorrow on just this topic.
Be sure to register! 👇
https://weaver.com/webinar/webinar-hear-gp-and-lp-perspectives-fundraising-emerging-managers
The Weekend Read:
"Endowments are posting their best returns since the 1980s... In many cases, this validates the ... so-called "endowment model" championed by the late David Swensen of Yale, which over-allocates to illiquid securities."
https://www.axios.com/higher-education-endowment-growth-investments-7b745c31-693d-4ee8-a522-1accf6ca62fd.html by @danprimack
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