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Five Questions for Vetting an Investment in a New or Emerging VC Fund

This is going to be BIG.

They’re trying to get exposure and diversification at the same time, while potentially seeing co-investment deal flow. They all have great networks, above market performance and some special sauce that sounds nice but you’re not 100% clear it makes sense as a way to boost returns or get access to deals.

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Accessibility as an Advantage in Venture Capital: Why Creating Value for Everyone in the Community Wins

This is going to be BIG.

That believe has not only translated into the most diverse portfolio run by an investor who looks like me, with over 50% of the teams including diverse founders, but also into top quartile returns in our last fund. I generally accept any invite to speak or answer questions in front of a public group that I get.

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Moving Fast, Breaking Things, and the Support of Disruption

This is going to be BIG.

And investors? Well, you would have needed to be a wealthy, accredited investor to get in on the upside, and only 3% of Americans meet the criteria to do that. Venture capital is supposed to make a high multiple of return for the risk. so they make up less than 10% of 10%.

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