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Accessibility as an Advantage in Venture Capital: Why Creating Value for Everyone in the Community Wins

This is going to be BIG.

Opening up our circle to create and scale genuine engagement for people outside of typical venture networks is how we do business—and we’re getting exceptional deal flow because of that. But diversity isn’t any kind of criteria for us—it’s a function of trying to create value for the whole ecosystem--not just those you back.

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Five Questions for Vetting an Investment in a New or Emerging VC Fund

This is going to be BIG.

They’re trying to get exposure and diversification at the same time, while potentially seeing co-investment deal flow. They all have great networks, above market performance and some special sauce that sounds nice but you’re not 100% clear it makes sense as a way to boost returns or get access to deals.

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Moving Fast, Breaking Things, and the Support of Disruption

This is going to be BIG.

And investors? Well, you would have needed to be a wealthy, accredited investor to get in on the upside, and only 3% of Americans meet the criteria to do that. Sure, that means exponentially opening up the flow of deals and going through a ton of deal flow. so they make up less than 10% of 10%.

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