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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This article originally ran on PEHub. Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The Abundance of Late-Stage Capital Benefits All A lot has been said about the negatives of the late-stage capital that has entered the VC world but the reality is that it also is incredibly important at funding “the long game” and letting many of these companies remain independent and ultimately IPO. Entrada Ventures? —?that

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Venture Capital - A Practical Guide to Fund Formation and Management

The Seraf Compass

This series of articles is written for fund managers who are creating these new sources of entrepreneur-focused capital today, and those who aspire to start funds in the near future. And, wherever you find entrepreneurs, you will find investors looking to finance those entrepreneurs.

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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Last week, there was a Business Insider article measuring the percent of female founded companies that NYC seed funds invest in. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%. Lerer Ventures was second, with just under 20%. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine.

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Setting Kids Up to Fail

This is going to be BIG.

Below is a graphic from a DailyMail article that shows how far kids in a family were allowed to roam as eight year olds. It''s like when people ask me how to get into venture capital. Nothing that I ever did to get where I am in venture was difficult or special--but none of it was anything you really learn in a classroom.

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How Much Money Should You Raise From Venture Investors?

Dream It

Here are some common red flags for venture investors: Red Flag #1 : Ask isn’t tied to specific fundable milestones. Add 3-6 additional months of capital to your total funding requested. If you want to dive deeper into terminology and how it impacts fundraising strategy, here’s a relevant Hackernoon article.

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The Business of Who Makes is Changing

This is going to be BIG.

This was echoed in a recent Forbes article. It''s also the same bet that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures made with Makr --that enabling more people to be more creative could be revolutionary. Venture Capital & Technology' In it, Adobe’s VP of Experience Design, Michael Gough, " described.