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...community. Brilliant. So, with that, so we talked about founders and finding them and deal flow and all that comes into managing a fund effectively. Given the limited time and even imperfect information that you and a lot of VCs face, How do you stru
...founders. They're not bankers, so they know what other founders really care about. They've given many great businesses a second chance at success, like Jive, a business Arising Ventures relaunched after it shut down in 2021. Arising Ventures bought t
Find the mentors who can provide guidance and sponsors who will advocate for you in rooms where decisions are made. This is, again, sounds like kind of generic, like, advice to women in the workplace. But I'm I'm telling you, as it relates to venture
believe we have something that is so special and it is so unique. And the big difference between us and every other venture capitalist is that we create the supply of investments. We don't compete with any other investor at the point where we're inve
...founder. The earliest investor will come in with the most similar cost basis to the founder and end up being aligned with them in a lot of ways. A growth investor wants to put structure on around. We'll fight it as hard as the founder will. Should th
...investor for founders because I have an entrepreneurial passion of building something and not just an abstract investor. I think it's what investors don't anticipate though when they spin out. Like, the firm build aspect is 50% of my day or more, and
is very true. And I think they lose faith in themselves. It's very easy for you to also lose faith in them as well. And I think one of the kind of longitudinal things I've learned over time is that great people will just keep going and will get to gr
...the founder when it comes to the next raise. And so, for example, I focus primarily on seeds, a's, and b's. Sometimes our growth fund decides that it does the deal, and I've I've been there pitching them too. So, like, I'm very much aligned because I
...founder. We knew the people who used to work with the founder. It was an intake call, then they talked to a few of the other partners, then we had them talk to other people who are industry experts. One of the industry experts ended up wanting to inv
Aurising Ventures bought them out of liquidation, brought back key team members, and took them from naught to 1,000,000 ARR in just five months. Thanks to Arising Ventures, Jive now serves some of the largest brands in the world. So if your tech star
The reality is, like, we do need to figure out the guardrails for these products so that they're deployed safely. You mentioned disillusioned there. We've seen a huge amount of disillusioned talent within venture firms leaving. What a transition. I I
...founders without the person that they originally wanted. 10000% is signaling a real risk, or do you agree with the multistage funds who say, well, it's not really. It's just used by seed invest as an instrument to keep their jobs. It comes down to th
...say that founder references speak volumes and also lead to warm intros, and so I would go there first. Speak to your friends who are founders, ask which of their VCs have been the best, Place even more weight on their recommendation if the company ha
Can you tell us a little bit more about that journey and the decision to pursue VC? Sure. So I when I started my career, I felt really strongly that I wanted to try a few things before really deciding which career path I wanted to pursue. That's advi
...founders pitch to VC has shifted a little bit because the investment landscape has shifted, and naturally, there are there's higher competition for some of these top deals. Right? Investors are making fewer bets and bigger checks in the same handful
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