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Long-form guides built from on-record conversations with allocators and fund managers. Each one turns what they told us into techniques you can use, with a free PDF to work from.

For fund managersNew

How to Raise a Venture Fund

The seven stages of a first-time raise, from testing demand before you quit to the final close, from emerging managers who've done it, a fundraising adviser and the allocators they pitch.

  1. 1Before you quit
  2. 2Positioning
  3. 3Fund size and structure
  4. 4Who to target
  5. 5Outreach
  6. 6Meetings and momentum
  7. 7Closing

10 guestsFree 35-step checklist PDFPublished

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For LPs and fund managers

How LPs Evaluate Venture Fund Managers

The eight tests allocators run before they commit to a venture fund, with the techniques twelve LPs use to run them, and what managers should prepare.

  1. 1Focus
  2. 2Picking
  3. 3Skill or luck
  4. 4Attribution
  5. 5Fund construction
  6. 6People
  7. 7The numbers
  8. 8Conviction

12 allocatorsFree 40-question due diligence PDFPublished

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