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20VC: SPACS. WHAT ARE THEY? WHY NOW? HOW DO THEY CHANGE THE VENTURE LANDSCAPE? ARE THEY BETTER THAN IPOS & DIRECT LISTINGS? HOW SHOULD FOUNDERS THINK ABOUT THEM?
Kevin Hartz is Co-Founder & Partner @ A*, a newly listed special acquisition company which raised $200M to acquire and take public a tech startup. Kevin is also the Co-Founder, former CEO, and Ch...
Firm and Fund Management
20VC: SAHIL LAVINGIA ON ROLLING FUNDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF VENTURE
Sahil Lavingia is the Founder and CEO @ Gumroad, the company that helps creators do more of what they love. However, most recently Sahil has made waves launching one of the first rolling funds on An...
Emerging Managers | Market Trends | Market Trends
The use of placement agents for Emerging fund managers
For emerging managers, the actual capital raise of a fund represents the most significant friction point for getting off the ground (and early on, scaling a firm). This issue has prevented many aspiri...
Emerging Managers | Fundraising | Fundraising
How Emerging Venture Capital Fund Managers Should Think About Their LP Fundraising Strategies
For many emerging VC managers, fundraising from LPs seems like an obscure procedure that is difficult to comprehend and hard to do right. I think it becomes much clearer if you look at fundraising as ...
Market Trends
20VC: WHY ENTREPRENEURS CARE LESS ABOUT FIRM BRAND AT SEED, HOW LPS SHOULD THINK ABOUT GP COMMIT & HOW THE WORLD OF LPS AND FUNDRAISING WILL CHANGE POST COVID WITH APURVA MEHTA, MANAGING PARTNER @ SUMMIT PEAK INVESTMENTS
Apurva Mehta is the Managing Partner @ Summit Peak Investments, investing in early-stage venture capital funds and making direct co-investments. To date they have backed the likes of Raymond Tonsing...
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,...
Emerging Managers | Firm and Fund Management | Firm and Fund Management
Discussing Portfolio Construction with LPs: The Surface, the Math, the Execution
Portfolio Construction is one of the most complex and underestimated aspects in Venture Capital. It is complex for three reasons:...
Emerging Managers | Firm and Fund Management | Firm and Fund Management
Liquidity Tools for Emerging VC Managers
We deconstruct the opportunities to provide liquidity to micro VCs and emerging managers. Our analysis explores two questions......
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