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What do your VCs care about and does it matter?

This is going to be BIG.

Someone asked me yesterday whether or not I would ever consider living anywhere else. For years, family was the main consideration for me concerning location. My family is based in New York. My mom had a long chronic illness before she died and my grandmother lived past 100. Being here for my family was priority one. Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed fo

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Are defence stocks now ESG?

Financial Times: Moral Money

Surely supplying weapons to the invaded underdog in an unprovoked fight is a social good

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1K Project For Ukraine

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

My friend Alex Iskold ran the 1K project during the pandemic to help families that were struggling with lost jobs/income, etc. I blogged about it here and AVC readers were generous with their support. Alex came to the US from Ukraine many years ago, but he has many friends and family members there. So naturally, he has relaunched the 1K project focused on the suffering that is happening in Ukraine.

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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Bell Investment Advisors

The recent unprovoked attacks on Ukraine have stunned and saddened us. While the U.S. and other nations coordinate to create enough economic pain in Russia to halt further aggression, too many deaths have already occurred. We mourn the loss of life, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, and the fear that now cloaks their country. Last month, we thought that interest rate increases would consume investors’ attention for the foreseeable future.

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The Top 25 Growth Equity Firms of 2021

Kayne Capital

Kayne Partners has been named to GrowthCap’s list of Top 25 Growth Equity Firms of 2021. GrowthCap selected the top… The post The Top 25 Growth Equity Firms of 2021 appeared first on Kayne Capital.

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Investors can no longer afford to ignore geopolitical risk

Financial Times: Moral Money

The old distinction between business and politics often deployed by companies to stop debate is no longer credible

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A Prayer for Ukraine

Ron A. Rhodes

Brilliant flashes of light Fuel chill during night. A dawn then reveals, The Sky Angel alight.

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Is Active vs. Passive Actually Passé?

ClearMoney

The following is provided by Dimensional Fund Advisors. As a member of probably the last generation to grow up with a rotary dial phone in the house, I can still recall when there was clear distinction between phones and computers. Phones were utilitarian devices, while computers were gateways to limitless knowledge and entertainment.1 Nowadays, that distinction has dissolved.

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US companies reveal how climate change is increasing costs

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, investors reconsider ties to Russia, and Singapore makes its mark on carbon reduction in south-east Asia

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An ESG case for defence companies?

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, Apple’s AGM, the corporate Ukrainian refugee response and how fracking tech could fuel renewable energy revolution

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Emerging markets: where investing and politics meet

Financial Times: Moral Money

A cleanish list of investable nations could look worryingly short

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How ESG investors are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, global talks to cut plastic waste and energy companies creep into ESG funds

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AllianzGI and Cevian raise pressure over linking pay to climate goals

Financial Times: Moral Money

Asset manager and activist investor urge investors to vote against businesses if conditions not met

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The SEC comes for private funds

Financial Times: Moral Money

And sanctions vs ESG

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine must prompt an ESG reckoning

Financial Times: Moral Money

Not all chief executives have had the courage to take actions which would be consistent with their former declarations

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