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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

I called an (ex) LP to tell him about her and my goals for her. Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc. Listen, I think most of us if you gave us a choice would prefer “just” to be great investors and to spend all of our time on portfolio work.

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Kindred Spirits – Our Investment In Founder Collective

Feld Thoughts

One of our recent investments, offered by Founder Collective (FC) – an eight-year-old manager with offices in Boston and San Francisco – is an excellent example of what we look for when we invest in funds offered by other managers. We also know many of the entrepreneurs in their portfolio. It starts with the people.

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Growing our team: V1 is hiring an associate

Version One Ventures

Since 2012, we have made over 40 investments and have been busy building our fund, expanding and deepening our network, and most gratifyingly, working with our portfolio companies in their pursuit to transform their industries and the world. Performing market research and due diligence for potential investments.

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Announcing Version One Fund III

Version One Ventures

It’s an exciting time to be launching a new fund as our focus on network effects and broad geography are driving opportunities in both existing and emerging markets. and Canada, offering portfolio companies strong networks and resources on both sides of the border. And last but not least, we thank our investors, the LPs.

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What Everyone Should Take Away from Twitter’s 8% Staff Reductions

Both Sides of the Table

I spoke at Michael Kim’s excellent annual Cendana VC/LP conference today. One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. This will be seen as a watershed moment in the wake-up call and rationalization of our industry.

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Announcing K9 Ventures III, L.P. – A $42M technology-focused Pre-Seed fund

K9 Ventures

It was a conscious decision to maintain the fund size at the same level, despite both market pressure (larger rounds at earlier stages) and demand pressure (lots of LP money entering the stage) to raise a larger fund. Our space, The Kennel, has been home to many of the K9 portfolio companies. was a $40M fund.

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Planning Your Fund Raising — “Measure Twice, Cut Once”

Both Sides of the Table

I literally have a Google Sheet for nearly every portfolio company who is in the process of raising a round. This might get slightly longer the more you’re in market but really you should never really have more than 15–20 potential investors you’re actively working on none will get the time / attention / focus they need.

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