Community VCs by Solo GPs with Lolita Taub

In this week's episode, Lolita Taub of Ganas Ventures sits down with Jeremy Neilson to discuss how creating value for your founders and outsizing returns for your LPs is not merely a matter of the number of staff at your firm.  She believes flipping the model, focusing instead on a connected community is what creates value and is done through the connections and engagement of all stakeholders.

Lolita Taub is a leader of a new wave of venture capitalist. They are replacing large institutions with Solo GPs and distributed communities, bringing access to new perspectives, new markets for deals, and a differentiated value-add network for both founders and LPs.

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Impact Investing with SPVs with Peter Bruce-Clark

In this week's episode, Peter Bruce-Clark and Jeremy Neilson discuss recent innovation in structuring and how this creativity is changing the way VCs invest in deals. Peter talks about how the emergence of SPVs has enabled this creativity in venture, the demand for them from LPs and the benefits they provide, and what it means for the industry going forward. 

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Industry Professional Angel Syndicates: Moving the Needle on Early Cap Tables

In this week's episode, Amul Mago sits down with Jeremy Neilson to talk about investing in startups while working in Sales and BD at a big corporate tech firm. For Amul, VC is a huge untapped opportunity for many professionals like him that just don’t think they have access or know how to get involved.

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The Rise of the Operator Investor with Romeen Sheth

In this week's episode, Romeen Sheth sits down with Jeremy Neilson to talk about getting allocation into the best VC deals and the rise of operator investors, running companies and investment syndicates simultaneously.

As traditional funds get bigger and bigger, a new breed of venture investor has emerged — one that is increasingly attractive to founders and LPs alike. Catalyzed by tooling that empowers individual operators (or small teams) to efficiently and cost-effectively run their own investments, entrepreneurs and other operators are now seizing the chance to lead their own investment syndicates while running their companies. There are many synergies on both sides, and these operators are nimble in bringing clear, differentiated value with their capital.

They bring with their capital the coveted experience, relationships, and domain expertise that can move the needle in some area of importance for a founder.

For these operators, they are now enabling increased exposure as startup investors without retiring as an operator. Instead of sacrificing their value as an operator, they are finding that their investment syndicates become an invaluable asset to their role as a company builder.

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Venture Networks: New Structures Bridging the Gap to Undiscovered Founders and Sectors

In this week's episode, Vanessa Liu discusses access to networks for those struggling to break in as entrepreneurs or investors, which is an increasing problem. She discusses innovative venture models to reach the “gems”, both founders and verticals.

Vanessa’s career is a reflection of the evolution in funding startups. With innovative accelerator programs at both McKinsey and SAP, she validated effective models for building bridges between untapped potential and the networks needed for success. She’s now tackling a new venture structure for an underrepresented vertical: A Venture Studio for the Aging Industry.

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Venture Investing in Crypto with Lisa Carmen Wang

In this week's episode, Jeremy Neilson sits down with Lisa Carmen Wang, where she breaks down venture investing in Crypto with an emphasis on Web3, blockchain, and crypto. While these new technologies represent fundamental shifts in the way our economy works, including investing, these are still startups raising money from traditional venture capital sources. From buying coins to getting equity via SPVs or funds, new hybrid models of the two, it’s still all about access and getting allocation into the right deals.

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Building a Network in VC with Judy Robinett

This week's episode of What's Going on in Venture features Judy Robinett who shares invaluable insight on building a network in VC. As one of the world’s foremost leaders in networking and relationship building, Judy talks about strategies for breaking into VC, whether for getting access to investment opportunities, raising money for your first deal, or launching a fund. More and more LPs want access to VC deal opportunities, from sovereign wealth funds, corporate VCs, and family offices, to young professionals.

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Structuring Best Practice: Sidecar SPVs Alongside Your Fund

This week's episode of What's Going on in Venture features Dan Engel, founder of Santa Barbara Venture Partners who sits down with Assure CEO Jeremy Neilson to discuss his use of sidecar SPVs alongside his venture fund and how his SPVs will more than double his AUM.  Dan further explained how using SPVs is a game-changer for emerging fund managers.

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"Investing with the Pitch Deck Therapist: From Seeing Deals in Your Day Job to Running a Syndicate"

In this week's episode of What's Going on in Venture, Ari Kohan, Founder of 50 Proof, discusses his day job helping startup companies tell their stories and leveraging that to launch his own investment syndicate. Ari’s Pitchdeck therapy service has resulted in over $1.6 billion in raised capital and turned out to place him in the perfect position to source, evaluate and invest in quality startup companies.

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VC Tech Startups: Building a Scalable, Sustainable Investment Firm

David Teten of Versatile VC

In this week's episode, Jeremy Neilson sits down with David Teten to discuss all things technology and the next generation of VC. After years of experience with two venture firms, founding an angel group, and advising family offices and PE shops, David shares his vision for the future of venture capital.

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