Venture Capital Bias towards Women and Rise of Female VC Fund Manager

Venture capital is often called a ‘bro industry’ and the reasons are many. Only 2.2% of the VC money goes into female founded startups....

The Role Of Limited Partners In Investment Inclusivity

Individuals making most of the large decisions in the investment world – both in venture capital and private equity – are predominantly white, male and Ivy-league educated. This has consequenc...

NEAL TRIPLETT AND KIM LEW – ISSUES OF MANAGEMENT AT DUKE AND CARNEGIE (EP.116)

Neal Triplett is the CIO of DUMAC, the organization that oversees Duke University’s $19 billion endowment, and Kim Lew is the CIO of the Carnegie Corporation, where she manages the $3.5 billion foun...

What to look for in LPs

Selecting the right Limited Partners (LPs) for your fund is a critical component for a successful, long-lasting venture capital firm. This is the second of a two-part series that explores how to partn...

20VC: HOW TO THINK THROUGH PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION AND THE BUSINESS MODEL OF VC

Adam D’Augelli is a Partner @ True Ventures, one of the West Coast’s leading early-stage funds with a portfolio including the likes of Fitbit, Peloton, Hashicorp, Tray.io, Ring, Automattic (mak...

Origins podcast with Lo Toney, Plexo Capital

Lo Toney is the founding managing partner of Plexo Capital, a new $42.5 million fund incubated inside of GV focused on making investments in seed-stage VC firms led by women or people of color. In add...

Perspectives on Carried Interest

While it has been a discussion topic for some 20-odd years, carried interest taxation entered the public consciousness more noisily in 2016, when presidential candidates from both sides of the aisle e...

Chris Douvos: Ahoy Capital’s Founder is One-of-a-Kind

Chris Douvos has a rare job.  There are very few venture capitalists in the world.  There’s an even more scarce job, however:  Several ‘fund-of-funds” exist that provide capital to venture...

VC’s decade in data: How the 2010s reshaped a market

Mega-rounds, and mega-funds. Unicorns, and deca-corns. Crypto investors. Seed stage as the new Series A.  And then SoftBank. Especially SoftBank. Those are some of the most defining traits of the rem...

ANNE MARTIN – PULLING THE OARS AS CIO OF WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (EP.114)

Anne Martin is the Chief Investment Officer for Wesleyan University, where she manages the school’s $1 billion endowment.  Anne’s career started in the tech world and shifted to endowment managem...

20VC: BOXGROUP’S DAVID TISCH ON WHETHER CONCENTRATED INVESTING AT SEED WORKS, DO FOUNDERS REALLY WANT DIRECT FEEDBACK AND IS IT GOOD FOR THEM & WHY CONSUMER SOCIAL IS INTERESTING AGAIN

David Tisch is the Founder & Managing Partner @ BoxGroup, one of the leading early-stage firms in NYC with a portfolio that includes the likes of Flexport, RigUp, Ro, Glossier, Clearbit, PillPa...

Venture Capital Geographic Allocations in a Changing World

When investors are asked how they think about building exposure to venture capital, many say they are quite opportunistic with an overarching goal to get access to the best entrepreneurs, start-up com...

How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

One of my more popular posts in recent years was a long write-up on how VC’s get measured. It occurred to me that about 2 years has transpired since that original post and I thought I’d write a f...