How investors can fight terror

Historically, many investors have tried hard to be apolitical. But US political dysfunction has forced many investors to become active in domestic politics, and the Hamas War forces many of us to fight Hamas. You might think I condemn Hamas because I am both Jewish and Israeli. But that is not the reason. First, deliberately...

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We need your help to study the best tools for investors in private markets!

We’re partnering with Synaptic to build a detailed market map of the most popular and effective tools for investors and lenders in private markets across the entire investment lifecycle: thesis formation, origination, due diligence, fundraising, portfolio monitoring, capital deployment to fund management, marketing, accounting, etc. Would you be interested in participating in a 30-minute interview...

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Video: Family Office Technology Panel

MyFoTech has posted the recording from the My Family Office Tech & Ops Conference November 2023, from my panel with: Raymond DiNunzio, TOS Advisors, an expert in technology for family offices Hugh Nguyen, formerly Chief Executive Officer of ClearServe℠, a leading technology platform for Family Offices and other wealth managers Michael Sikorsky, CEO of Copia Wealth...

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Interview with Family Office Association

Here’s the video from my interview this week with Jennifer Katrulya and Rush Olney of the Family Office Association . I discuss Coolwater Capital, how family offices are investing in venture capital, and current market dynamics....

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How are VCs Leveraging Tech & Analytics? Video interview with Grace Gong

I just had a video interview with Grace Gong of Smart Venture Podcast. We talked about the tech stack of emerging managers, CRM, data & analytics in VC, career planning for aspiring VCs, and much more.  ...

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PEVCtech Tech Stack: MNNC Group

We’re proud to share the latest in PEVCtech’s periodic series on the tech and analytics stack of investment management firms. We’re fortunate to interview Ayesha Kiani, COO, MNNC Group, a quantitative and systematic hedge fund investing in the digital asset space.  David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm.  MNNC Group is a...

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Announcing our partnership with Coolwater Capital: the “Y Combinator for VC”

I’m pleased to announce a strategic partnership between Coolwater Capital and Versatile VC. Coolwater is an investor in VC funds and runs an accelerator for emerging VC fund managers. Coolwater has built an investment community of 300+ founder VCs and over 5,000 technology companies. Versatile VC is the first VC focused on backing “investment tech” companies which help investors generate alpha and grow. As part of the partnership, I am joining Coolwater as a part-time Venture Partner. ...

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