OpenLP

1/ 🆕episode of Origins is out now! @WillManidis, founder of @ScienceDotIO & now SVP of AI at @Veradigm, joins @nchirls & @beezer232 to talk about how data > models, why he was building LLMs before OpenAI blew up, & what venture looks like if we start from scratch.👇

📬 The June edition of the OpenLP Newsletter is dropping on Monday! From allocator perspectives to market signals and must-read resources, we’re covering the latest trends shaping venture capital today. Don’t miss it. 👉 Be sure to subscribe so you get the latest insights…

🚀 Applications are open for the new GP Masterclass from @VCForward! This immersive 1.5-day bootcamp takes place Oct 20–21 in SF for 10 GPs raising/managing Funds 3-5. Get tactical playbooks, veteran GP insights & LP access. Apply by Aug 1: ventureforward.org/programs-initi…

🎙 A fresh drop from @cupazhou: El Pack, a new series where GPs call in with the questions they’d normally ask their LPAC…but instead, they’re answered on-air by LPs like @cdouvos. Chris brings deep insight, radical honesty, and the kind of behavioral read LPs rarely share…

Dive into the June OpenLP newsletter, packed with fresh perspectives + insights from across the venture ecosystem: ✅ 22 Years in Venture Secondaries – Abe Finkelstein (@Vintage_Inv) ✅ Rethinking Venture Capital: A Strategic Lens – @RohitYadav_ ✅ Inside a University Endowment…

Heard from LPs this week: Had over 100 LP convos this week. Five takeaways in the form of "Every LP I know ______..." - uses AI at work, and most "wouldn't want to work without it." This was not the case a year ago -- they "get it now" which is driving a new level of velocity /…

Decks don’t build trust. People do. On @AllocatorsPod, @EarnestSweat & @alexabinns talk w/ Evan Finkel & Charlotte Palmer of Integra Global Advisors about how they underwrite emerging managers & what LPs are really looking for beyond the numbers. This episode goes deep on: •…

As part of my ploy to use Uncapped as an excuse to learn about venture capital, this week my guest was an excellent LP, Dan Feder. He's been managing director for the endowments of Princeton, WashU, and now Michigan. I had a great time listening to how he thinks about venture.

The Q1 data is in: @cartainc's latest benchmark report puts hard numbers behind what many emerging managers are experiencing: slow liquidity, long J-curves, & a widening gap between paper returns & DPI.

🎧 Podcast Rec: @ThePeelPod w/ @TurnerNovak ft. @Samirkaji of @joinallocate 50% of funds won’t make it to Fund II. Only 20% reach Fund IV. In this episode, Samir breaks down why 90% of VC funds are struggling to raise & what the top 10% are doing right. Secondaries, stacked…