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Eric Little reposted thisEric Little reposted thisWe are introducing Felix. Felix is a purpose-built agent for high finance, designed for long-running, complex workflows and capable of producing decks, models, and documents end-to-end. Felix executes so you can focus where it matters. https://rogo.ai/felix
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Eric Little reposted thisEric Little reposted thisThrilled to partner with PowerSchool on its next chapter, as it pursues its mission of helping districts, schools, teachers, and parents deliver personalized education to K-12 students around the world! https://lnkd.in/eykpmq8NPowerSchool to be Acquired by Bain Capital in $5.6 Billion TransactionPowerSchool to be Acquired by Bain Capital in $5.6 Billion Transaction
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Eric Little reposted thisEric Little reposted thisToday we are announcing Terrain, a new seed-stage investment firm from me and Willem Van Lancker. The firm is founded on the belief that there is a better way to build startups for this era. More below. — Call Your Shot The breakout companies of today started by calling their shot... In retrospect, it's clear that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 marked the ceremonial end of one startup era as we begin a new one. That 15-year cycle was defined by increasingly standardized and tracked paths for building startups. Tracks for founders. For employees. For venture capitalists. Roundtables. Market Maps. Playbooks. Themes…so many themes. The track, it was believed, will save you. The starting point is secondary to just getting on. This era is being defined by the opposite — Founders who are intentional in their pursuit of specific goals...not generic themes. SpaceX → Go to Mars. OpenAI → Build AGI that benefits all of humanity. Flock Safety → Eliminate crime. The stakes aren’t about fighting market share but about fighting for the future. At or near founding, these leaders point to a specific point... far on the horizon... that shows us all the shape of the future. They then work intently — day by day, year after year — to forge a path between today’s reality and that future. They call their shot.
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Eric Little shared thisEric Little shared thisToday, we're thrilled to announce that the GreenEgg™ has been officially released! And there's more to celebrate! We're beyond excited to share that we've already forged connections with skilled surgeons who are eager to incorporate the GreenEgg™ into their surgical procedures. The positive response has been overwhelming, and we're reminded that every step of this journey was worth it. Thank you to everyone who's been a part of this incredible journey – our team, partners, supporters, customers, and soon-to-be customers. The GreenEgg™ is more than a product; it's a testament to what collaboration and unwavering determination can achieve. Stay tuned for more updates and success stories as we embark on this exciting new chapter! #fluorescenceguidedsurgery #fluorescence #guidedsurgery #nearinfrared #surgical #surgery #MIGS #FACOG #medicaladvancements #endometriosis #glowgreen #changingtheview #MIS #AAGL #AUGS #ISFGS #medicaldevices #MinimallyInvasiveSurgery #SurgicalTechniques #MIGS #GYNSurgery #laparoscopicsurgery #gynecology #colorectalsurgery #urologysurgery #surgeonseemore #imageguidedsurgery #endoglow #advancedvisualization
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Eric Little shared thisEric Little shared thisApplications are live for 2024 Full Time Analyst roles at #BainCapitalPrivateEquity and #BainCapitalTechOpportunities. Our Full-time Analyst programs offer the opportunity to deeply engage with global #investment processes and our portfolio companies. We provide significant #learning and #development resources and an #apprenticeship-driven approach to help sharpen your skills, and the foundation to put those skills to work on day one and throughout your #career. Apply to full-time analyst roles with #BainCapitalPrivateEquity, here:https://lnkd.in/dG_SfdVe And full-time analyst roles with #BainCapitalTechOpportunities, here: https://lnkd.in/dRh9C5g4
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Eric Little shared thisIncredibly proud of the growth at Check and excited to be asked to come back and rejoin the team! Visit our open roles page and join us as we drive towards our mission of mission of making paying people simple.Eric Little shared thisWe’re thrilled to announce that Check has raised a $75M Series C! The round was led by Stripe, with participation from both existing and new investors including Bedrock, Thrive, and Index. Raising this capital sets us up to build the infrastructure the payroll industry has long deserved, but never had.
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Eric Little shared thisExcited to welcome the new Reggies!Eric Little shared thisThe Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship is given to students who embody the qualities of Duke’s first African-American student government president — Congrats to the seven incoming first-year-student recipients‘Reggie Scholars’ Embody Qualities of Duke’s 1st African-American DSG President | Duke Today‘Reggie Scholars’ Embody Qualities of Duke’s 1st African-American DSG President | Duke Today
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Eric Little reacted on thisEric Little reacted on thisThese guys are blowing up 🧨 If you haven't familiarized yourself with Petra Security, check out my latest interview with CEO Cooper Edmunds on CRN about how they're approaching business email compromise. Or take it from Enitech CEO Antwine Jackson: “This group is very young, very hungry and very innovative in so many ways. These guys are smart, they’re for real and it’s primarily because of the technology they’re bringing to the table.” https://okt.to/g7s1S5Petra Security CEO: If MSPs Can Master Business Email Compromise Security, ‘They Win’Petra Security CEO: If MSPs Can Master Business Email Compromise Security, ‘They Win’
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Eric Little reacted on thisEric Little reacted on thisIn the Summer of 2021, I received a call asking if I wanted to teach a course on organizations and management to undergrads at Duke. It seemed like an amazing opportunity but something I was barely qualified to do. So of course I said yes! At the time, I had no idea how fulfilling it would turn out to be. And now, after 5 years, I’ve graded my last paper, attended one more graduation ceremony and said goodbye to a place where the students accepted me from Day 1 and actually believed I could bring value to their future careers. The several hundred students I had the honor to teach were smart, curious and looking for ways to make the world better. They make me believe our future is far brighter even with the challenges we face today. My memories of Duke are all about them and the discussions we had in and out of the classroom. They were terrific and I hope my discussions with them will continue into the future. So while I’m retiring for a second time, I’m pretty sure I’ll figure out a way to contribute my time and experience in some way down the road. But for now, I’m going to take a break, play more golf, do some traveling with Cindy and reflect back on what a wonderful five years I had teaching and meeting some of the best young people around. It was quite a ride.
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Eric Little liked thisEric Little liked thisIt finally happened... This guy built a billion dollar company, BY HIMSELF in just 2 months. But there is something suspicious going on here...... So basically, Matthew Gallagher started a GLP-1 telehealth company with just $20,000. He built everything with AI and did all the marketing himself. He had 300 customers in his first month, 1000 more in the second month and $401 million in sales in his first year in business. The news dropped a few days ago... so naturally the internet started digging. What they found was a bit suss.. to say the least. They found that he made 800+!!! accounts of fake doctors to advertise on Facebook. Look at this screenshot, there is literally endless videos of fake doctor videos (often AI generated) with CTAs to his product. This can't be legal right?
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Eric Little reacted on thisEric Little reacted on thisI must’ve gotten the prompt wrong when I asked Claude what to do with my life because here I am selling instant coffee on LinkedIn. Five months ago, Elizabeth Green and I had the completely original, unassisted by AI, thought of creating a physical good that LLMs don’t consume 1-3 times a day: our daily cup(s) of coffee. As two people who jostled for first place in the “most cups per day consumed at the office” podium, it wasn’t shocking to people that we were leaving our jobs to start a coffee company. What was shocking was why the two biggest coffee snobs at the office decided to dive into INSTANT coffee. Which leads us to Brissta. We started Brissta because we wanted to challenge this long held belief that convenience = cutting corners on quality. That in order to get a fresh, mold-free espresso with high quality milk it requires $8 and waiting for 15 minutes when you’re already running late to your 8:30am. The truth is, most coffee shop and grocery store coffees (especially the plant-based drinks), use milk pumped with emulsifiers and chemical preservatives in order to achieve this almost unnatural creamy mouth feel. Moreover, the majority of coffee shops use stale beans, which is why you don’t often see the crema (a signal of freshness) on top of your morning joe. So we decided to create Brissta for ourselves. And when we started preferring it over the coffee made by our $3K espresso machines, we decided to share it with the world: a Café Au Lait that uses 100% single ingredient plant-based milk powders, and an Americano thoughtfully packaged and preserved to deliver a smooth, fresh cup (yes, with crema on top). Give it a try at www.brissta.com (and no, there’s no “functional mushrooms” in this either. Just good ole pure coffee). And if you’ve made it this far down, reshare this post so it can reach someone who’d love it :)
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Eric Little reacted on thisEric Little reacted on thisI am incredibly excited to share that Fauna Robotics has officially joined the Amazon family. When we launched in NYC back in February 2024, we set out with a clear mission: to "build capable, safe, and fun robots for everyone." Looking back at how far we've come in just two years, I am immensely proud of everything our team has accomplished. To our community: please know that we are still selling the Sprout Creator Edition robots to new customers and will provide continued support to all our existing customers—essentially, no change to the work we're doing together. We are thrilled about what joining the Amazon team means for our future. Going forward, we will proudly operate as Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company. As we embark on this new journey, our team is growing and we are actively hiring! If you are passionate about what we are building, please reach out. I couldn't be more excited for this next chapter! Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way!
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Eric Little liked thisEric Little liked thisWe’re thrilled to highlight our new collaboration with Harvey, the leading AI platform for legal and professional services. Harvey uses Parallel’s accurate, relevant, and fresh web search across their platform to retrieve valuable public context for their legal AI workflows. Together, we’re helping Harvey expand its best-in-class AI legal platform to over 60 countries by collaborating on a specialized index of hard-to-reach international legal domains, built on our custom web search infrastructure. To learn more about Harvey and Parallel, read our blog: https://lnkd.in/g338E3pg
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Mike Schatzman
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Harsh truths every aspiring VC learns: - Your first fund won't be $100M—mine started much smaller - LPs will reject you 25 times before one says “maybe” - You need a track record before building a track record - If you haven't built companies, you shouldn’t advise them - Fund managers who've never failed don't understand founders who do - Fundraising for your fund is harder than startup fundraising - Your portfolio will teach you more than any MBA program - You'll spend 70% of your time fundraising - LP meetings are sales calls; treat them like it - It's about backing founders who execute through imperfection - Your first few investments will humble you...quickly - Patience isn’t optional; expect changes & pivots - Saying "no" gracefully is a must-learn skill - Every founder deserves honest, actionable feedback - Your reputation is everything—guard it relentlessly - Relationships are crucial; nurture them VCs who've been founders understand the brutal journey. We don't just write checks. We've lived the sleepless nights, harsh changes, chaotic environments, deals going up in smoke, and pivots that saved everything. I’ve built funds from the ground up, and if I’ve learned one thing, it’s this: The scar tissue matters. If you can't handle the rejection, the long cycles, and the reality that most investments won't work... VC probably isn't for you. If you can? It might be your best career option.
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Rob Frasca
COSIMO digital • 7K followers
Web3 infrastructure just had a quiet but significant week. Robinhood is building its own blockchain on @Arbitrum — not a partnership, their own chain. Ethereum confirmed its biggest upgrade in years with parallel processing and tripled gas capacity. And J.P. Morgan Morgan and Citi, Ryan Rugg are now running stablecoin operations on public blockchains. Not pilots. Production. The pattern is hard to miss: the builders driving web3 forward are no longer just crypto-native. They're incumbents. Banks. Brokerages. The institutions that move slowly on purpose — because when they move, it's permanent. If you're still framing web3 as speculative, you're watching the wrong signal. 60-second breakdown in the video below.
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Brandon Sedloff
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Every operator thinks they’re “institutional.” But their balance sheet, GP commit, and fund structure say otherwise. Early-stage teams need guarantees. Mid-scale groups need GP co-invest relief. Mature platforms need repeatable LP capital. Until you know where you sit on that continuum, every co-GP conversation is just guessing a guess price, power & leverage. In my recent conversation with David Robertson, CEO of FrontRange Capital we unpack some of the mechanics of GP capital needs and the sources available to help.
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Martyn Eeles
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MD Fazal Mustafa
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Brex got acquired by Capital One for $5.15B. One of the largest fintech M&A deals ever. Great that M&A happened. But the number was shocking $5.15Bn. Just a few months ago, Brex was valued at $30Bn. This is a down exit. Preference stacks matter, and common shareholders + employees may see little to nothing. Looks like something happened at Brex that pushed them to get acquired while wiping out 82% of the startup's value. Hoping to get more info on this in the public domain in the days to come.
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Raviv Sapir
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In VC, "Bigger" is rarely "Better." The math is brutal: To return 3x on a $50M fund, you need $150M in exits. Doable. To return 3x on a $1B fund, you need $3B in gains. That requires multiple massive "decacorns." Emerging and smaller managers statistically outperform mega-funds because it is easier to move a small needle than a large one. #FundManager #VC #Returns #SapirWealth
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Jason Shuman
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Thomas Terrats
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For most PE and VC firms, Slack/Teams has quietly become the center of intelligence. Pipeline updates. Portfolio chatter. LP questions. Co-investor context. It all happens in Slack and Teams channels. But Slack and Teams were never designed as systems of record. Messages vanish. Context fragments. Insights never make it into reports. So partners end up making decisions on only half the picture — the structured data sitting in iLevel, SS&C, or other systems of records for structured data — without the real-time nuance their team is actually sharing. That gap between structured and unstructured data? That’s where the truth lives. Until firms bridge this gap, the real signal is still hidden in Slack and Teams.
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Aarish Shah
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For those in the cheap seats: PAPER VALUATIONS ARE NOT EXITS. Capital One buying Brex for ~$5.15bn is almost certainly one of the most honest deals we’ve seen in a while. And I say that precisely because Brex wasn’t any kind of a failure. It wasn’t a fraud. It wasn’t poorly run. It was just priced at a moment in time for a world that no longer exists. A peak valuation of ~$12.3bn in the early 2020s ran straight into the reality we’re all now living in again: growth, margins, and the cost of capital actually matter. This is the bit that seems to trigger people: If you think a company exiting for multiple billions — with founders and employees walking away with real money, and early investors getting actual liquidity — is a “bad outcome”… you might want to ask yourself whether you’re optimising for optics or actuals. Because the real lesson here is that the last cycle pulled a lot of outcomes forward… and now the market is methodically unwinding them. Also: bank–fintech consolidation isn’t some future prediction anymore. It’s just the shape of the market. Check out my thoughts on Brex and more in this month's Nothing Ventured - on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Curious: what do you think we'll see more of in 2026 — down-rounds, secondaries, or “honest” M&A like this? As always — stay liquid.
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Kamran Ali
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Excited to share that Inspired Capital is leading Remark’s $16M Series A. We’re joined by our friends at Spero Ventures, Shine Capital, Stripe, Neo, and Visible Ventures. Despite trillions spent on e-commerce, the single most effective driver of sales — the in-store expert — has never been replicated online. Remark changes that. Their AI personas, trained by over 60,000 human product experts, embed directly into brand storefronts to turn passive browsing into confident buying. I first met Theo last year at a small dinner I hosted on the future of commerce. His take on blending human insight with AI to unlock authentic shopping experiences was one of the most thoughtful I’d heard. As we got to know the founding team, it became clear that their ambition was to redesign today’s commerce infrastructure — and that we needed to be along for the ride. Thrilled to welcome Theo Satloff 🍊, Carl-Philip M., Ian Patterson 🍊, and the entire Remark team to the Inspired portfolio. TechCrunch: https://lnkd.in/ewFxNwjt
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Rex Salisbury
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Tim Gerrells, II
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Mega Funds are optimizing for AUM. LMM firms are actually building businesses. This isn't a knock in MF PE firms. It's simply math. When you're running a $30B+ firm, the incentives change. You're thinking of: - AUM growth to generate larger management fees (this is key) - portfolio allocation - capital efficiency - financial engineering And to be fair, this works well and makes GPs a ton of money. As long as you are beating the S&P by enough margin, your 1.5-2% management fee is set in stone. LPs seeking slightly higher yields will re-up. You won't get many home runs, but you also don't risk goose eggs. However, when you're in the LMM, your game is different. You do not have 100s of PortCos to hide behind. You don't have abundant leverage to smooth mistakes. You cannot optimize around the edges. You have one path to success: Build. - leadership teams - systems - revenue engines - margin through execution - culture that can scale In LMM / MM, victory is achieved by: - injecting real, scrappy, operational talent - hiring CEOs and CFOs who understand the shop floor - professionalization WITHOUT destruction - getting into the trenches - driving REVENUE growth vs strictly cost takeout Mega Funds are capital allocators. LMM / MM are company builders. The reality of modern PE is this: Capital is abundant. True builders are scarce. The firms that will dominate and yield the highest returns over the next decade won't be the ones with the biggest models. It'll be the ones with the strongest operators who can build. What are you seeing? #GVentures #PrivateEquity #LMM #ValueCreation #Leadership #ExecutiveSearch
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Mridul Kabra
Unbound • 4K followers
Publishing Part 2 of my deep dive into the $42 billion #chargeback problem that's eating into merchant margins and triggering payment processor shutdowns. This one gets technical. I break down the actual dispute lifecycle, the new VAMP rules from Visa that have blindsided merchants, and what startups are building to fight back. Some highlights: → Fraud chargebacks resolved via RDR now count against your ratio → Merchants exceeding 0.9% dispute rates risk termination by acquirers → Post-VAMP, some vendors saw 300%+ spikes in inbound → The space is shifting from "chargeback ops" → payment intelligence platforms Also shared my take on where this market is heading — and what it’ll take to build enduring platforms in the space. Link in comments
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Kamil Levinský
Jet Investment • 7K followers
🚀 Early-Stage VC Is Shifting: Bigger Seed Rounds, But Fewer Graduates 🚀 I've been following the latest Aumni data closely, and the trends in early-stage venture capital are becoming increasingly pronounced: Seed deal sizes are climbing—the top quartile is now surpassing $7M. The number of deals is contracting: We're seeing fewer seed rounds, and an even steeper drop in the number of startups progressing to Series A. Graduation rates from Seed to Series A have sharply fallen—from 41% for companies seeded in Q3 2020 to just 12% in Q1 2023. There’s been a slight uptick, but it’s still far below historic norms. It's clear to me: the environment is more selective and demanding than ever. Startups may secure bigger funding rounds, but only if they meet increasingly high benchmarks. Progressing to the next stage is taking longer, and the “spray and pray” approach is quickly becoming a thing of the past. 🔮 My Prediction: In this environment, founders who can balance bold vision with operational excellence will pull ahead. At Jet Ventures, we're betting on teams who leverage knowledge, data, and AI in their respective domains and laser-focused on execution—especially those building innovative solutions in industrial and tech-heavy sectors. Going forward: Demonstrable product-market fit and clear, tangible progress will set the top startups apart. VCs with real operator experience and industry expertise—like our team at Jet Ventures—are in the best position to support and guide the next generation of champions, particularly in Central Europe. For both founders and investors, it’s a time for disciplined execution and outsized ambition. #VentureCapital #Startups #SeedStage #SeriesA #InvestmentTrends #JetVentures #VCInsights https://lnkd.in/eHHcXyUi
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Dakshin S P Lakshman
FounderX Europe • 9K followers
How the heck did this VC firm get 26x ROI on a single partial exit? Here’s my analysis of Arali Ventures, and they’re bloody good at what they do: Lemme first breakdown on their thesis, Arali comes in around the pre-seed / seed round deploying about $500k to $1m in cheque sizes. Their first fund was an angel fund and their second fund now is an early-stage seed fund. They focus on enterprise tech / B2B primarily around SAAS, fintech, logistics, infra all the way up to robotics. Now, how they work is, they come in around the pre-seed or seed stage to help prototyping / pre-revenue startups get through PMF and even help them achieve early traction. Let’s break down a bit into how their thesis worked with their top 3 startups right: FinBox: FinBox has been the golden ticket straight from Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Bar So Arali had an early seed access in FinBox (B2B credit infrastructure). And FinBox later raised about $40M Series B led by WestBridge. This is where Arali played its absolutely genius game of taking a partial exit - the effect? 26× fracking return on a partial exit, large enough to enable returning Arali’s LPs. It’s on bloody every single news. How does this matter? Technically it became the PMF of their fund and thesis itself - proving that their early checks into enterprise fintech infra can scale to later institutional rounds and create outsized returns that materially impact fund vintage economics. Wingman, a strategic acquisition (Clari): Exit type: strategic sale to US based Clari (Arali was an early investor again). This is one of the prior exits Arali cites publicly. Strategic M&A in enterprise SaaS is a core expected path for seed investors in this vertical. Insent.ai: acquisition by ZoomInfo Exit type: acquisition (ZoomInfo). Another early Arali win, this acquisition reinforces focus on B2B SaaS companies that attract international strategic buyers. Mannn, but here are cherry points: Arali focusses on digitisation of traditional industries, democratisation of tech (making powerful tech accessible to non-techies), and finally deep domain understanding from ex-operators on the team. All these put together - the team, the thesis, the startups, Arali’s a big win. Arun Raghavan | Azhar Yakkundi | Harsha Sachdev | Harshal G. | Rajiv Raghunandan | Swati Dixit | Svetha Ravi | #FounderX #FounderXVentureStudio #FounderXResidency #FounderXGlobalConference #FounderXGlobalConference2025 #Entrepreneur #Entrepreneurship #Startup #Startups #StartupEvent #StartupConference #StartupTN #IndianStartup #StartupIndia #VentureCapital #AngelInvestments #AngelInvestor #AngelInvestment #StartupInvestor #StartupInvestment
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Matan Hazanov
Enigma Venture Partners • 12K followers
A VC fund listed an analyst role & received 2,500 applicants in 1 week. They had to shut off the spigot. These were applicants from top schools, with high grades & plenty of accomplishments. That number alone says everything. The job market for young people is getting ridiculously competitive. I am joined in this episode of The Profit or Pivot Podcast by Jim Ferry, a Partner at Volition Capital ($1.7B AUM), to unpack what that level of competition really means, why the traditional career path and advice is broken, and how hiring managers actually think when they’re flooded with applicants who all look the same on paper. We get into: - What 2,500 applications for one role tells us about the job market - Why credentials & grades matter less than most people think - How candidates disqualify themselves before interviews - What hiring managers are actually screening for - Common resume and interviewing mistakes - How to position yourself when competition is extreme - His perspective on investing in the age of AI - Who will win the AI 'search war' If you’re navigating competitive roles and want to get hired, promoted, or taken seriously, this conversation will reshape how you think about your career. 🎧 Link to the Spotify version in the comments. https://lnkd.in/gRFJcXvp #startups #venturecapital #career #investing
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Philipp von dem Knesebeck
Vinthera • 2K followers
The double fee layer question for a fund of funds is easily answered: If you deploy $25m+ per annum into Venture you can hire someone qualified + travel expenses, etc. to build a fund of funds portfolio. Otherwise it's more economical to pay the fees.
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Shantanu Mehta
Spring • 6K followers
Hot take working in VC: if you want to know the probability a founder wins, look at their romantic partner. At the earliest stage, you’re betting on a human. And the first person who bet on them wasn’t a VC. It was their partner. Before the pitch deck or Forbes article, if someone smart chose them, they’re likely special. Think about it. Your partner sees: → how you handle failure → if you spiral under pressure → whether you do what you say If a high-agency, ambitious, emotionally intelligent person bets their life on you…that’s signal. Barack Obama met Michelle when he was a summer associate. She was Princeton + Harvard Law, rising fast. She married potential before it became president. Success attracts success And proximity to excellence raises your ceiling. When an impressive person dates a founder who, on paper, “hasn’t done much yet,” it tells me: (1) they saw something in you before the world did (2) you are now under daily accountability to someone who won’t tolerate mediocrity, or (3) they’re the kind of person who elevates whoever they’re with Lately, I pay attention to the home front. Because at this stage, we’re not underwriting revenue. We’re underwriting trajectory. And the most informed investor is the one who bet their life on you before we bet our money. — 👉 I post on VC, startups, and what I’m personally investing in (public + private). Follow along :)
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Nicole DeTommaso
Harlem Capital • 87K followers
General Partners at large VC firms can make over $1 million / year in cash comp. This isn’t including the potential carry upside they could receive too. But as a junior VC, there are other things to consider. Look at VC compensation by fund size in the below and one thing becomes obvious fast: Early-career pay changes modestly. Associates and Senior Associates typically earn ~$120k–$200k at smaller funds Even at $500M+ funds, that often tops out around ~$200k–$250k That’s a modest increase, even as fund size grows 5-10x. Promotions in VC don’t drive compensation the way people expect. What actually moves the needle on comp is: 1) Becoming a checkwriter 2) Scaling AUM However, as a junior you often have access to carry too. If you stay long enough, you may have a much larger pay out in the future. I write about more considerations when choosing what fund to join to optimize for either cash comp today or carry later in my newsletter. Access that insight here: https://lnkd.in/edq9pUNF ♻️ Repost to make VC pay more transparent! Source: Deedy Das and FieldVC #venturecapital #startup #founder
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