Alan Huet of Fundora, a friend of Orange Collective, wanted to see Y Combinator from the inside…and share it with the people of France. The result: he made a 90-minute insiders documentary (in English and French). The team spent 4 full days visiting YC founder offices and hacker houses. Going to pre-demo day practice sessions....
[Continue Reading]The AI-Native Platform Behind Orange Collective, Investing in Y Combinator Companies
We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. I’m fortunate to interview my Partner Dave Yen, co-founder, Orange Collective. OrangeCollective.vc is a VC fund exclusively investing in AI companies from Y Combinator. YC is the world’s leading tech accelerator; the median...
[Continue Reading]HBS Club of NY Event on Investing in AI-Native Companies
I recently chaired a panel on “Investing in AI-Native Companies”, hosted by HBS Club of NY and sponsored by Paul Hastings. Our speakers were: Zane Lackey, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Jason Freedman, Cofounder, Orange Collective J.P. Mohler, co-founder, General Legal, AI-native law firm Moderator: Sam Waxman, Partner, Paul Hastings (and our generous host!) Here’s a...
[Continue Reading]AI Workflow VC Fund: Tech Stack Overview
We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Steve Chaparro, Founder & General Partner, Beyond Capital Ventures. I was most interested in learning some of the unique insights they’ve obtained. Steve summarized: “Technical excellence without workflow clarity...
[Continue Reading]The Most Common Mistakes that Fund Managers Make When Fundraising
Fundraising is just sales. As in all sales processes, you need to build a pipeline, take rejection, and keep plugging. Unfortunately, I see fund managers making the same errors in fundraising, repeatedly. Based on what NOT to do, here’s what I recommend you actually do: Build a pipeline of actually qualified leads, instead of “networking”...
[Continue Reading]🇺🇸 NYC Conference September 3: Investors for a Better America 🇺🇸
I hope you’ll join me September 3 in Manhattan for the first-ever conference on “Investors for a Better America”. We believe generating strong investment returns is far easier in a healthy constitutional democracy. Investors for a Better America is a nonpartisan conference that aims to activate investors and family offices from across the political spectrum...
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