“The first official piece of policy around diversity efforts in venture capital may soon see the light of day, but not because of any action by the government. In a complaint filed this week, the American Alliance for Equal Rights — founded by conservative activist Edward Blum, the man driving the effort to end affirmative action —...
[Continue Reading]Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again
Looking 4 entrepreneurial CEO/product mgr/biz-dev killer 4 a network-based service.. pre-launch, BIG equity, big peeps involved–ANY TIPS?? Do you want to make America functional again? Are you thinking of applying to Y Combinator without an idea? Do you have a great team at your seed startup, but your product just isn’t working? Would you like...
[Continue Reading]14 Tips on How to Sell to Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds
It’s hard enough to raise capital from VC, private equity fund, and family offices. How do you sell to them? I’m an investor in many companies which sell to these types of clients. I put together a cheat sheet with some of the sales best practices I’ve seen. I thought this would be helpful to...
[Continue Reading]Our first exit: Ipsos acquires Xperiti
I’m proud to share that Versatile VC’s first portfolio company, Xperiti, is now also our first exit! Xperiti is an expert network redesigned with modern technology. Congratulations to the cofounders: Yadin Soffer, Mor Raphael Shabtai, and Yanay Tevet! Ipsos announced today the acquisition of Xperiti, with operations across the US, Israel and Asia. Xperiti will...
[Continue Reading]Versatile VC joins VCs for Repro
At Versatile Venture Capital, we are proud to be part of VCs For Repro – a coalition of VCs united to support access to abortion. We recognize that reproductive rights are crucial to championing innovation, the backbone of our economy. And, it’s clear that most of our community agrees. This is a humanitarian and economic...
[Continue Reading]What startup will you build? Identifying market white space
I presented last week to the Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Conference on how to identify, research, and assess new business ideas. Here’s the video and slide deck: ...
[Continue Reading]Video: Womensphere Capital Forum
Womensphere has now posted the video from the first Womensphere Capital Forum, which I was honored to co-chair. We discuss advancing women’s leadership in finance and investment, and expanding capital access for women in business. Given I have 3 daughters plus a wife working in finance, this topic is close to my heart. Our speakers...
[Continue Reading]Invitation: events for family offices, women in finance, and emerging managers
We hope you will join us at any of four upcoming events, all complimentary for qualified attendees: NYC, March 7: Access Alts Family Office conference. I’ll be presenting on disruption of investment management. NYC, April 27: the East Coast Family Office & High Net Worth Individuals Conference, organized by DC Finance. I’ll be leading a discussion among...
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