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Money. show me! If you want to change Venture Capital, focus on LPs. #openlp

This is going to be BIG.

Mentorship and the building of track records within other people’s firms is an important pathway to partner, even in your own fund. Right now, there are some underrepresented managers out there, but if you can only raise a fund after being funded, or if you start out with wealth, structural inequality is going to hold that pool back.

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Creating Better VCs: An Accelerator for the Dark Side

This is going to be BIG.

There are a few programs out there like Kaufmann and InSite that get you exposure to the VC world through mentorship, but you join those programs and go work for other people. What I''m talking about is how to get mentorship to launch and run my own fund. Venture Capital & Technology' I still would.

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Educate, Empower, Support: EO Women Entrepreneurs Are Leading the Way

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Women still only get about 2% of venture capital investment money, and we want to see that change,” said Cindy Boyd, EO Houston. “By Their commitment and mentorship have resulted in significant milestones for women-led businesses, proving that collective support can drive meaningful change.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. She joined Mesa Global where she is doing both venture capital and investment banking.

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The Veteran Fund Announces Oversubscribed Fund and $100K Competition Winner

American Entrepreneurship

T he Fund through venture capital investing advances America’s interests by focusing on sectors where “technology meets mission”, such as cybersecurity, AI, drones, space, advanced computing, and additive manufacturing.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Why do they invest in venture capital? Upfront Ventures VC Industry'

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and Venture capital is about backing the leaders of tomorrow who imagine the world as it should be and aren’t constrained by what it is today. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership,

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