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The Art & Science of Portfolio Construction
By Mark Mullen
Mark Mullen, co-founder of Bonfire Ventures, distills 30+ years of investment wisdom into a resource for emerging and established GPs: "The Art & Science of Portfolio Construction,” created exclusively for Kauffman Fellows and shared with OpenLP.
Northwestern University - Harisha Haigh on Manager Selection
By David Weisburd
Harisha Haigh sits down with David Weisburd to discuss the art of building and managing relationships in venture capital. They delve deep into Northwestern's venture and crypto strategies, dissect common mistakes made by top VCs and evaluate the ideal characteristics of a venture manager.
Asaf Horesh, Managing Partner at Vintage Investment Partners, shares an insightful three-part overview of the state of the venture market, covering navigating the VC landscape, rethinking unicorns and the exit landscape.
How Company Creation Funds Outperform Traditional Venture Capital with Sarah Anderson
By Alexa Binns & Earnest Sweat
Co-hosts of Swimming with Allocators Earnest and Alexa welcome Sarah Anderson, Founding Partner of the Vault Fund, to discuss the venture studio model, its advantages and the criteria for selecting fund managers.
QED Investors' Frank Rotman shares a few common lessons he is hearing from investors who don't want to repeat the mistakes they made during "peak madness," recognizing errors like overvaluation, hasty investments without due diligence and more.
David Clark, CIO at VenCap International plc, joins Harry Stebbings on the 20VC podcast to share his perspective on why exits will be larger and fund sizes bigger, the top reasons to turn down potential fund investments, what makes the best-performing funds and more.
In the first Origins episode of the year, co-hosts Nick Chirls and Beezer Clarkson sit down with Scott Kupor, Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, to discuss the evolution of a16z as the firm approaches its 15th anniversary.
Sapphire Partners Partner Beezer Clarkson shared her perspective on the significant decline in venture capital deals in the last two years with Business Insider, highlighting that the reasons behind the drop are complex and multifaceted.
Beyond Capital: The European Investment Fund's Blueprint For A Thriving European Venture Ecosystem
By Josipa Majic Predin
If you’re a VC, especially an emerging manager, you’re contending with high-interest rates, anxious LPs and far-reaching economic uncertainty while trying to raise millions. So, who’s succeeding right now, and how?
Those who watch and invest in secondaries see little reason to expect the market to see the dip it hit in late 2022 and well into 2023 as an improving venture environment, a growing amount of dedicated secondary funds and a plethora of strong mature companies to invest in should propel the secondary market upward.
Women Cofounders Raise about 20% of Venture Capital—but We Often Overlook Them
By Kay Koplovitz
Female founders of VC-backed companies raise only 2% of the venture capital invested annually. It’s a worrying statistic that is often repeated year after year by publications, researchers, and the VC industry at large. However, it can be misleading and ignores the progress that has been made over the past 20 years.
Launched in 2012, Sapphire Partners is a Limited Partner seeking to invest in elite early-stage venture capital funds, across the U.S., Europe, and Israel.
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