We are reviewing applicants now for the next Coolwater Capital cohort of emerging VCs. Apply ASAP to build the next great VC fund. We accelerate VC funds to help them build the next great VC powerhouse. We have graduated 256 VC funds, which have raised $3B+. Via our portfolio GPs, we are invested in and...
[Continue Reading]Elite Fellowships, Scholarships, Conferences, and Training Programs for Young Leaders
When I was a junior at Yale, I had an epiphany. There was a whole world of institutions who wanted to give me money or a free education, just because I was a young person. I thought: Sign me up for the free stuff! I laced up my sneakers and spent 3 hours jogging to...
[Continue Reading]R136 Ventures Tech Stack: $400m AUM B2B enterprise software and fintech
We’re happy to share the latest in PEVCtech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Victor Orlovski, Founder and Managing Partner of R136 Ventures. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm. R136 Ventures partners with creative entrepreneurs to help scale their...
[Continue Reading]4 Ways to Make America Functional Again
Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator, wrote in a thoughtful essay: “The defining quality of an ideologue, whether on the left or the right, is to acquire one’s opinions in bulk. You don’t get to pick and choose. Your opinions about taxation can be predicted from your opinions about same-sex marriage.…Accidental moderates, on the other...
[Continue Reading]Simplectica Long/Short Hedge Fund Tech Stack
We’re happy to share the latest in PEVCtech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Jordan Thaeler, Cofounder, Simplectica. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm. Simplectica is a long/short systematic fund based on proprietary mathematics in the area of Brownian...
[Continue Reading]Bain Capital->Leveraging a private equity/VC firm’s proprietary relationship network
Hunt Club recently became a sponsor of my websites. Hunt Club enables you to recruit vetted talent, faster. We leverage our proprietary referral network of 25k business leaders to source talent proven to perform better and stay longer at companies. Clients include Bain Capital, Tiger Global, WestCap, and FJ Labs. Darren Herman, an Operating Partner...
[Continue Reading]Process Mining in Non-Financial Risk
My wife Luba Teten has extensive experience automating financial engineering processes at the intersection of business strategy, risk, and compliance. She has worked in Corporate Risk (market risk, credit risk, Tier 1 capital requirements) and Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. She is presenting next week at the TSAM New York asset management...
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