Slow Ventures partner Sam Lessin shares how emerging VC managers can think clearly about fund strategy, size, LP composition, and capital efficiency when building a durable seed fund.
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Inside Slow Ventures: Fund Strategy, Size, and Discipline Explained VC Compensation 101: Fees, Carry, and Aligned Incentives A clear breakdown of VC compensation, showing how fund size, fees, and carry shape incentives, behavior, and decision-making inside venture firms.
What It Really Takes to Raise a Venture Fund — Lessons from Mark Phillips of 11 Tribes Mark Phillips, founder of 11 Tribes Ventures, shares how he raised two VC funds through resilience & relationship-driven LP outreach — offering a candid playbook for emerging managers.
How Venture Capital Funds Are Structured: A Simple Guide for Emerging Managers Here’s a plain-English breakdown of how limited partnerships, LLCs, LPAs, and management companies fit together — and why almost everyone ends up in Delaware.
Why LPs Ignore 95% of Cold Outreach — And How to Be the 5% They Reply To Cold outreach from VCs to LPs rarely works — unless it’s relevant. Here’s how to craft messages that stand out, add value, and get real replies (plus one tool that turns “cold” into “warm”).
2500 LPs Added to Our Database TL;DR: We’ve expanded the Fundingstack database with 2,500 Limited Partners (LPs), many of whom actively invest in venture funds and emerging managers.
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