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"Chaos is good for us."
Kane Hsieh built Root Ventures around sourcing founders before there's even a pitch deck: "If there's a deck, we're already a little behind."
On building an edge as an emerging manager: fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
30 of these 50 fund-of-funds exist entirely to back first-time and emerging managers.
The other 20 run it as one program inside a much bigger institutional mandate.
Know which one you're talking to before you pitch. Full list of 50: fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
"Show me you know me."
That's the difference between generic outreach and outreach that actually gets a reply from a family office.
6 tactics for raising from one of the most fragmented, hardest-to-navigate LP categories: fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
10 Family Offices and LPs in the UK GPs Should Know:fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
An LP took four years to say yes to Nisha Dua.
Not four weeks. Four years, across two different funds.
"It's a very iterative process, you're building the funnel as you go."
Lessons from building BBG Ventures:
Most firms calling themselves venture studios are not actually venture studios.
"If you're not playing all three roles, idea, operator, investor, you're not a studio." — Matthew Burris
What VCs get wrong when evaluating studio-backed deals: fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
Family office capital is not one category. Some are operator-led, evaluating GPs like former operators evaluate hires. Some co-invest at institutional scale. Some screen for mission before returns.
16 active in California venture right now: fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
Join us IRL Oct 6 in SF for "The Brave New World of Startup Fundraising," our biggest @Techweek_ event of the year.
Panels with top VCs, moderated by our CEO @sailornathan. One Embarcadero, 32nd floor. Free, but space is limited (600+ applied for 150 spots last year). Link👇️
Everyone assumes Fund I is the hardest raise.
Gesa Miczaika built Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and found the opposite. Fund I closed in 6 months. Fund II took years, hundreds of pitches, and tested actual conviction.
Full conversation: fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
We put together a list of Swiss family offices, including their investment focus and key details.
If you're looking to connect with family offices or map the Swiss private capital ecosystem, this list is for you.
👇 Full list: fundingstack.com/blog/posts/…
