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The 99: How the SEC protects you from venture capital returns.

This is going to be BIG.

Take venture capital, for example. Very few are ever going to wind up in the former category--so the most accessible option for most investors would have to be a venture capital fund. Below that and they need to keep you from investing in really risky stuff, like venture capital.

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Lessons from a Diverse Venture Capital Portfolio

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The diversity is the direct result of our mission—to build the most accessible venture capital fund in NY. There is strength and support in numbers. All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money. I don’t require warm intros.

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The Globalization Of Venture Capital Investing

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

The emergence of raising money and supporting investments on Zoom has made it possible to have a much broader reach than was possible a few years ago. It takes a long time, at least five years and more likely a decade, to know how changes in the startup economy and venture capital will play out. And we are doing exactly that.

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Venture Capital is About Human Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The biggest difference we can make is helping support talented teams with complementary talent. Fundamentally venture capital is about human capital. In the end I know the only true differentiator in venture capital is the company you keep. Venture Capital is a people business. Nothing fancier.

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. They came back with a lot of support for me to do it through the fund as long as I felt like it met our return criteria.

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Why I Look for High Conviction, not Consensus, in Venture Capital Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

One of the least understood parts of the venture capital industry and venture capital firms is how investment decisions actually get made. If a deal has a lot of support and no strong detractors it will often but up to the sponsoring partner to know what he or she wants to do with the deal.

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Changes in the Venture Capital Funding Environment

Both Sides of the Table

The other major trend of 2012–2015 was the entrance of “non VCs” into late-stages of venture capital , which mostly consisted of hedge funds, mutual funds, corporate investors, sovereign wealth funds and even LPs doing direct deals. This works in a booming market or in a company that never hits any headwinds. Non VC Growth Rounds.