In 2001, Mailchimp sprouted as a humble side project to an otherwise floundering design agency. In running their agency, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius saw clients struggle to navigate email marketing. To toss them a lifeline, the duo created a simple email marketing tool–called "Mailchimp." Mailchimp's appeal surged, luring...
Seinfeld's four main characters: Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza, Elaine Benes, and Cosmo Kramer are renowned for talking about nothing and challenging the norms of society. You may be surprised to hear how these characters are not so different from the limited partners ("LPs") in a venture fund. LPs are the...
Venture capital is known for fueling innovation and disrupting traditional industries, yet raising a venture fund has remained notoriously complex and expensive. However, a new wave of legal and technological solutions is poised to change the game for emerging fund managers. In this blog post, we'll explore the hurdles associated...
Have you ever wondered how venture capital funds can optimize their investments to deliver the best returns for their investors? One way is by implementing strategies that increase the odds of generating outsized returns, such as recycling management fees. In this post, we will explore the concept of recycling management...
We are partnering with our friends over at Angel School for a series of posts on all things venture investing. In this post, Jed Ng discusses the benefits of angel investing through syndicates and the process of building your own network for syndicates. You can find the original post here....
We're teaming up with our friends at Sydecar to publish a three-part series on the legal (and non-legal) aspects of starting (and running) a venture capital fund. Sydecar aims to bring more efficiency to private markets by standardizing how investment vehicles are created and executed. Their products allow capital allocators...
