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How to Build a Successful and Diverse Venture Capital Portfolio Without Really Trying

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After checking out The Information's "open dataset" on diversity in venture capital , I felt pretty disappointed. I went back and calculated the number of companies in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures portfolio who have at least one founder who is female, from an underrepresented minority group, or LGBT.

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

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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. Last week, we ran Fall Fundraising Days , which featured 11 NYC events on raising capital that 800+ individuals attended across the week.

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Union Square Advisors sees tech deals uptick in 2024

Private Equity Wire

The report also notes that there is significant capital on the sidelines today that is available to be deployed. Venture capital and private equity firms meanwhile, will increasingly elect to move their portfolio companies to exits due to funding needs, pressure to return capital and improving business fundamentals.

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Themes vs Verticals: How to Stand Out as a VC Building a Thesis

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That means a lot of competition for the best deals and more difficulty in standing out. If we ever do get to the one-person unicorn, that’s going to be a lot of people trying to beat out Sequoia and Benchmark to fund its solitary round—a $2mm seed that it never looks back from for additional capital.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

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SuperAngel.Fund x Q3 2023 Recap ?

SuperAngel.Fund

This is a direct result of major changes to the capital markets which have reduced the supply of ‘risk capital’ and appetite for early stage ventures. If executed properly, Secondaries can be an extremely effective and lucrative way to acquire stakes in high-growth companies that are not actively raising capital.

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

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Any VC will tell you that the ones they said yes to, they mostly got there right away—and that there are very few “maybe” deals that get tipped over the fence. Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? One, it usually implies that you’re going to start going cash flow negative to accelerate growth. That adds risk.