8 Myths of Pre-seed Venture Investing

Pre-seed investing presents a unique set of challenges as compared to later stage (series A+) venture investing: the signals, the data, and the strategy could not be more different.  Like every indus...

Deena Shakir from Lux Capital speaks about firm culture, solving the diversity issue, and how portfolio management is a team sport

Deena Shakir is a General Partner at Lux Capital, a firm founded in 2000 and has since raised $2.5 billion. Lux invests in emerging science and deep technology startups such as Auris Health, Cerulea...

20VC: WHY THE THEORY OF PRO-RATA CAN OFTEN BE FALSE, HOW ROLLING FUNDS IMPACT BOTH PRICING AND COMPETITION

Avlok Kohli is the CEO of AngelList Venture which has facilitated the funding of over 5,000 startups including 47 unicorns and is home to 4,300 funds and syndicates with $2.2B in assets under manag...

#ESGinVC: Promoting a collective effort to share ESG frameworks, practices and visions in Venture Capital

The venture capital industry has been maturing and standardization across the globe has taken shape. However, when we started thinking about how to formalize our investment principles to encompass our...

DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION: DARYN DODSON – TRAINING AND ACTION AT ILLUMEN CAPITAL

Daryn Dodson is the founder of Illumen Capital, a venture fund of funds that seeks to invest in the best impact fund managers and takes them through a process to reduce implicit bias in their business...

Why So Many VCs are Moving to Austin and Miami

It’s taxes first — but this isn’t new, and while taxes in CA are even higher than a few years ago, they’ve always been high... and...

Getting the Count Right

Understanding the Limits of Investment Company Act & Optimizing Your Fund Size...