Real Vision just posted my interview with Kevin MONSERRAT on the use of technology for limited partners, venture capitalists, and founders:...
[Continue Reading]Exclusive webinar with ex-President of one of the largest family holding companies
DC Finance is one of the oldest and largest family office networks. They are hosting Greg Weyerhaeuser Piasecki, former President of one of America’s largest family holding companies, and one of my LPs, for a virtual interview with me, Tuesday, October 26, 11 am ET. RSVP for webinar (Accredited Investors only; recording available) This is...
[Continue Reading]5 Innovative Fundraising Methods for Emerging Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds
How do you raise money for your venture capital or private equity fund from family offices and high net worths? I see five innovative new methods for raising capital which emerging managers such as Versatile VC are using, which I’ve ranked in roughly descending order of popularity: Join the online communities and virtual conferences where...
[Continue Reading]How to find the right online communities
The user experience in the big, ungated social networks is getting steadily worse: spam, bots, fake news. There are three main solutions: technology (i.e., anti-bot tools, but that’s an endless battle); gating; and/or curation/moderation. One result: I think we’ll see people spending more and more time in gated online communities. Particularly in a time of...
[Continue Reading]Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments
(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.) Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. When I met my...
[Continue Reading]Who is building the Renaissance Technologies of Private Markets?
The AIR Summit (“Alpha Innovation Required”) just posted the video and slides from my keynote on, “Who is building the Renaissance Technologies of Private Markets?” (To see the video, please click the image below, and then click on the Play button.) I wrote a detailed paper on this here....
[Continue Reading]What’s your VC tech stack? Results from a survey of early-stage VC funds
(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck, Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam), and David Teten) VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? As a globally focussed LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future...
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