Emerging Managers | Fundraising | Fundraising
Fundraising Hacks: What type of capital should you raise, and how do you meet investors?
Venture capital is just one of many options to finance your business, and it’s typically the most expensive. The broader question is: what type of capital should you raise, and from whom?...
Emerging Managers | Firm and Fund Management | Firm and Fund Management
LPA Terms for Emerging Fund Managers
Raising a venture capital fund is one of the hardest jobs a VC can do. Just like running for public office or enlisting in special forces, it takes an unusual amount of hard work. But even hard work w...
Fundraising | LP Perspectives
The VC “Strips off” – Silicon Roundabout Ventures VC Fund Deck Reviewed Live by Draper Esprit LP
After decades of secrecy and obscurity, the VC world is finally starting to open up (if only a tiny bit). Some funds, for example, decided for the first time to release a copy of the VC fund deck t...
Emerging Managers | Investment Strategy | Investment Strategy
The VC Framework For Optimizing Success: The Kauffman Fellows Four Pillars
The venture capital industry is as asymmetrical an industry as any; the top 1% to 4% of venture investments usually get the outsized (10x+) returns. However, this begs the question: is investing in...
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...
ESG and Diversity
#ESGinVC: Promoting a collective effort to share ESG frameworks, practices and visions in Venture Capital
As investors in early stage Venture Capital funds, at BFP we obviously ask ourselves what our role should be as a GP for our investors and as an LP for our portfolio managers. But as a team with dif...
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