LP Management San Francisco Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. I called an (ex) LP to tell him about her and my goals for her. She had all of the skills and traits we sought? I remember years ago trying to recruit Kara.
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 24, 2017
Foundry Group is best known for our investments in startups, but our vehicle currently investing in other venture funds, Foundry Group Next, is off to what we believe to be a great start and I wanted to share an update about it by talking about our new investment in a fund managed by Founder Collective. It starts with the people.
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Version One Ventures
JULY 31, 2018
We’re hiring an associate for a two- to three-year role where he/she will learn about the business of venture capital and get the opportunity to work with some really interesting startups. Reporting for our investors, including writing quarterly updates and preparing LP advisory board meetings. What are we looking for?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 14, 2015
I spoke at Michael Kim’s excellent annual Cendana VC/LP conference today. You can read it in VCs discussions about hedge fund managers, activist investors or the need to have dual-share voting structures. This will be seen as a watershed moment in the wake-up call and rationalization of our industry. Others will follow.
Hunter Walker
APRIL 4, 2014
As we approach Homebrew’s one year anniversary we’ll do a smaller scale meeting with our investors in San Francisco. traditional institutional LPs such as fund of funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds ( our investors ). The result has been many new managers, many new funds. family offices.
Hunter Walker
AUGUST 24, 2014
It’s for reasons like these that I support getting startup founders some liquidity during their company’s first few years, perhaps as early as Series A financing when appropriate. Or put startup expenses on their credit cards, far beyond their savings, hoping they can close financing for the company by end of the month.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2018
There is an old management saying, “measure twice, cut once” which refers to the benefit of doing some planning. I know this is CRM 101 but I assure you most startups (and VCs) don’t do this or don’t do it well. If you’re raising a seed round (say $1.5m) and the firm you’re talking to manages $1.2 The third-pass is geography.
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