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Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Limited Partner Series — connecting with Harlem Capital LPs to share insights on navigating the VC fundraising journey.

In today’s episode, we speak with David Gilmore, Deputy Chief Investment Officer at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private charitable foundations in the United States, with $3.2 billion in assets and giving $130 million in grants each year. David shares with listeners how institutions think through asset allocation and manager selection, based on his current role and prior experience at the Ohio State University investment office.

Tune in as Henri and David discuss everything from the risks the foundation saw in Harlem Capital before deciding to invest to how emerging managers can best convey their firm vision to institutional LPs.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Limited Partner Series — connecting with Harlem Capital LPs to share insights on navigating the VC fundraising journey.

In today’s episode, we speak with Amelia Gandara, Principal at Nationwide Ventures. Amelia shares how corporations like Nationwide approach investing in the venture landscape, as well as a few tips for emerging managers looking to build relationships with corporate LPs.

Tune in as Managing Partner Henri Pierre-Jacques and Amelia discuss everything from how to support diverse managers for the long term to how Amelia’s prior life as a professional ballerina makes her a better investor.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Limited Partner Series — connecting with Harlem Capital LPs to share insights on navigating the VC fundraising journey.

In today’s episode, we continue along Harlem Capital’s fundraising journey and speak with Josh Evans, Head of Corporate Development at TPG. TPG served as Harlem Capital’s first anchor investor, changing the future of the fund forever.

Tune in as our hosts, Managing Partners Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle reflect with Josh on when they met, what led them to working together, and the role of an anchor investor.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Limited Partner Series — connecting with Harlem Capital LPs to share insights on navigating the VC fundraising journey.

In this episode, we’re joined by Harlem Capital’s very first LP, Willie Woods — President & Co-Founder of ICV Partners, a black-owned private equity firm with $1.4 billion in AUM. Prior to co-founding ICV, Willie was a Vice President in investment banking at Deutsche Bank, and also worked for Levmark Capital, Lehman Brothers, and NBD Bank.

Tune in as our hosts, Managing Partners Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle reflect with their former boss on the journey to starting a fund and the challenges along the way.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Crypto Convos Series — talking to investors and innovators who have found great opportunity amidst the Web3, blockchain, and crypto evolution.

In this episode, we're joined by Lisa Cuesta, who leads business development at Aztec. Aztec is a privacy-focused layer two on Ethereum. Lisa is also an angel investor in crypto companies Lido, Thesis, and Goldfinch. She was formerly an early-stage venture capital investor at NextGen Ventures and helped launch products globally at Google. 

Listen in to hear Harlem capital's Oartner, Brandon Bryant and Lisa discuss breaking into crypto full-time, crypto adoption, and what Aztec is building.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Crypto Convos Series — talking to investors and innovators who have found great opportunity amidst the Web3, blockchain, and crypto evolution.

In this episode, we're joined by Marty Stenson a Strategy & Corporate Development Lead at Gemini focused on the Gemini Frontier Fund. Prior to Gemini, Marty worked in investment and strategy related roles at CoinShares and UBS.

Listen in to hear Brandon Bryant and Marty talk about the metaverse and what's next in the crypto space!

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Crypto Convo Series — talking to investors and innovators who have found great opportunity amidst the Web3, blockchain, and crypto evolution.

In this episode, we're joined by Cuy Sheffield, Vice President and Head of Global Crypto Investment at Visa. Cuy is also a Fellow at the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute and a co-chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies.

Listen in to hear Harlem Capital Partner, Brandon Bryant and Cuy discuss Visa's move into the crypto space, the crypto punk purchase, and how to get started with NFTs.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Crypto Convo Series — talking to investors and innovators who have found great opportunity amidst the Web3, blockchain, and crypto evolution.

In this episode, we're joined by Erikan Obotetukudo — Founder and General Partner of Audacity, a crypto venture fund investing in untapped markets globally that will shape the next hundred years. Erikan is also the co-founder and president of crypto for black economic empowerment.

Listen in to hear Erikan's journey to launching audacity and her passion for investing in African crypto startups.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Crypto Convo Series — talking to investors and innovators who have found great opportunity amidst the Web3, blockchain, and crypto evolution.

In this episode, we're joined by Anand Iyer, a Visiting Partner at Pear Venture Capital focused on blockchain and web3 investments.

Anand has founded multiple companies — including Trusted, ThreadFlip and HitPost — and started his career building products at companies like Microsoft and Cisco.He's also an active angel investor, advisor to startups, and limited partner in several seed stage venture capital firms.

Listen in to hear Anand’s investor perspective on the basics, benefits and risks of decentralized finance.

Welcome to More Equity. Today, we’re bringing you a new episode from our Harlem Capital Crypto Convo Series — talking to investors and innovators who have found great opportunity amidst the Web3, blockchain, and crypto evolution.

In this episode, we’re joined by Sarah Hammer, Managing Director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance and Senior Director of the Harris Alternative Investments Program at the Wharton School. She previously served as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions and Director of the Office of Financial Institutions Policy at the United States Department of the Treasury.  

Listen in to hear Sarah and I discuss blockchain, financial regulation, and the launch of Wharton’s new blockchain accelerator