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The LP Opportunity to Change Tech Culture

thebarefootvc

Broaden Search for New Fund Relationships : Most of these institutional LPs only add a few new fund relationships a year. The post The LP Opportunity to Change Tech Culture appeared first on The Barefoot VC. Often these are referrals from existing fund managers. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow.

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Ending the Toll Roads to LP Fundraising

This is going to be BIG.

I know how hard it is myself because I used to vet VCs for a living when I was on the insitituional LP side. Angellist, Gust, etc all made searching for and comparing deals much easier. Sometimes, the family hires some really fantastic people to run the investment of their assets.

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Still growing our team

Version One Ventures

You may recall that we opened a search for an associate last summer. Unfortunately, we didn’t find someone who was the right fit for us – and decided to take a short break from the search. Reporting for our investors, including writing quarterly updates and preparing LP advisory board meetings.

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What Do Your Customers Want to Buy?

View from Seed

At first glance, you’d think that all LPs pretty much want to buy the same thing. Every fund pitching an LP is pitching this as a baseline. And yet, LP’s get to “yes” in a few cases and get to “no” in most cases. In addition to thinking about the LP overall, it’s important to think about the decision-maker.

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Founder Mental Health Pledge

Feld Thoughts

We bank at SVB, so our maneuverability was also unknown, so we searched for what I’d consider heroic options from various sources. Yesterday, Aaron Gershenberg, a long-time friend and LP of ours from SVB Capital, emailed an introduction to Naveed Lalani, Founder & CEO of Pioneer Mind.

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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

The VC industry (both the GP part and the LP part) pays attention to the sector’s returns, but the broader tech ecosystem only occasionally tunes in. 2) No Synthetic Alternative – If an LP can’t “buy” VC as an index, could they replicate the returns of an index some other way?

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Among the sites we have found most helpful with practical guides for founders: Biztree , First Search , Foundersuite , Goodwin Founders Workbench , Guides.co , Inc.com , and StartupRocket. . We particularly help companies in winning revenue from our LP network and raising capital for subsequent rounds from top-tier late-stage investors.