Emerging Managers | Fundraising | Fundraising
Brand and AUM: How I think about “Brand” and its relation to fund size
Brand is arguably the only thing that resembles a moat in traditional venture capital. The venture capital flywheel archetype is pretty simple: pick and invest in great companies and founders, supp...
Emerging Managers | LP Perspectives | LP Perspectives
A mental model for evaluating VC funds
At the highest level, there are six dimensions of evaluation that I use as part of my framework for investing in venture managers:...
Emerging Managers | Firm and Fund Management | Firm and Fund Management | Investment Strategy | Investment Strategy
Understanding Portfolio Construction
One thing that emerging managers are often tasked with is building a fund model. LPs often ask for a fund model because it forces a manager to think through portfolio construction including fund size,...
Still digesting this chart… “Historically, Top Quartile DPI has exceeded 2x in only a small handful of years”. ... 👇 got to go for the outperformce https://twitter.com/meghankreynolds/status/1576590841799245824
6 years in venture, dozens of convos w LPs, 4 key questions to each & ~12K words that aim to demystify the opaque ... 🌏 of #LP investing.
5 sections:
To be or not to be an LP
What makes a phenomenal (vs good) GP
GP🚩s
Common advice to ignore
Tactical tips
Bravo @cupazhou 👏👏👏
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