Kudos to ffVC portfolio company Movable Ink and CEO Vivek Sharma! STG, a software-focused private equity firm, has announced they’re acquiring Movable Ink. My old firm, ffVC, invested when Movable Ink was a seed-stage company. Movable Ink has grown to 600 employees, and won more than 100 new enterprise customers in the last year across...
[Continue Reading]New video: How Private Equity and VC Investors Accelerate Portfolio Company Success
I just spoke at the Venture Intelligence Day 2025 NYC on How Private Equity and VC Investors Accelerate Portfolio Company Success, based on my Journal of Private Equity research study. I’ve embedded below my presentation and the video....
[Continue Reading]For Emerging Private Equity/VC Funds: Join Coolwater’s Next Accelerator Cohort!
Coolwater Capital is doubling down on its mission to support the next generation of emerging fund managers. Coolwater Capital is the leading platform for emerging VCs to launch, fundraise, and institutionalize with confidence. Coolwater’s accelerator is designed to make fundraising more efficient, connect GPs to top-tier LPs, and build lasting firm infrastructure. Over the past...
[Continue Reading]Alternative Investments Technology: Bridging the Gap
I was fortunate to interview for AltsTech Ankur Agarwal, Cofounder and CTO of PE Front Office, and author of the new book, Alternative Investments Technology: Bridging the Gap. Personal and Professional Background What’s your background? How did you end up in your seat today? Well, it’s been a ride! I began my career 25 years...
[Continue Reading]Checklist legal and institutional action items for launching your emerging manager
We finished publishing in OpenVC and here our series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund. Thanks so much to my coauthor Dolph Hellman, Chair, Orrick’s Private Investment Fund’s Group, who cowrote most of these resources with me. Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund:...
[Continue Reading]The Legal Issues You Need to Nail Down for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund
(Thanks to my coauthor Dolph M. Hellman, Esq., Chair, Orrick’s Private Investment Fund’s Group.) This is part of a series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund: Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data Ownership The Legal Issues You...
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