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The LP Opportunity to Change Tech Culture

thebarefootvc

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. Broaden Search for New Fund Relationships : Most of these institutional LPs only add a few new fund relationships a year. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. We did not expect to attract their attention this early on, but the serendipity of being in the Valley made that happen. The Valley has that.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. We did not expect to attract their attention this early on, but the serendipity of being in the Valley made that happen. The Valley has that.

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It might not be a bubble but sure as hell the rent is too damn high!

Professor VC

As with all M&A exits, there was a round of congratulatory messages to the founder in the Silicon Valley echo chamber. If I''m going to pay a fee and carry, would prefer to invest in a venture capital fund, as the investments are being managed by professionals and have a duty to look out for LP interests.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

J-Angels “is a community and a VC fund of top American investors (Jewish-American & Israeli-born) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.”. They exist as heuristics, but at the end of the day, deal flow trumps everything. Investment thesis are marketing assets towards LPs and startups. We think not. .