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? Dream Boldly. Aim Higher. Play to Win! ? All Raise VC Summit 2024: All Stars will be held November 12-14 at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay. The summit brings together GP and partner-level VCs and emerging investors to connect with each other, LPs, male allies, and tech industry leaders. The main stage highlights key playbooks for success, including conversations with: ? Secretary Gina Raimondo, United States Secretary of Commerce (virtual remarks) ? Daniela Amodei, President & Co-Founder, Anthropic ? Yasmin Razavi Yasmin Razavi, General Partner, Spark Capital & Board Member, Anthropic ? Kristen Faulkner, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist, Pro Cyclist for EF-Oatly-Cannondale, & Former Investor, Threshold Ventures? ? Linnea Roberts, Founder & CEO, GingerBread Capital ? Susan Spears, Associate Director, UTIMCO ? Olivia Sterns Walton, President & CEO, Ingeborg Investments This event is where industry leaders share insights, experiences, and inspiration to help you rise as an all star in VC. Apply for your invite today! allraise.org/vcsummit2024 #AllRaise #AllStars24 #VentureCapital #WomenInVC #Leadership #AllRaiseVCSummit2024

?? Elise King went from professional dancer to venture capitalist, and now a managing director for American Heart Association Ventures. Through this work, she supports the Go Red for Women Venture Fund, which invests in companies that focus first, or substantially, on improving women’s cardiovascular health, brain health, and related conditions. ?? See how she did it in our latest blog post: https://bit.ly/47XUsh0 #womenshealth #healthtech

Thanks to Jason Calacanis and the This Week in Startups team for letting me share the story of how I went from 0 to 1 and raised my first venture fund. Here are a few takeaways from my talk, “The Zero to One GP” that I gave in Napa, CA at LIQUIDITY SUMMIT 2024. 1?? 49% of the capital I raised came from fund-of funds and only 9% came from individual investors aka HNWI’s (these were mostly GPs at other funds). It took 20 months from first close to final close. 2?? You must have an anchor LP. WRONG Focus on ‘small anchors’ who can put you in business. Cendana Capital and Dr. Freada Kapor Klein/Mitch Kapor were in my first close and put me in business. I "anchored" each one of my closes with a major LP. 3?? ?You shouldn’t spend any time with institutional LPs (who don’t invest in debut funds) WRONG You’re actually not just raising Fund I, you’re raising funds 1-3. GP-LP relationships take time and they might not be Fund I converters. Spend time getting to know LPs who might invest in any one of those funds if you want to set yourself up for successful future fundraises. 4?? You need to circle 40-50% of the capital before you do a first close. WRONG This keeps a lot of fund managers out of business and out of making investments. Do a close and get to work so that you can turn a blind pool into not-so-blind pool. Final thoughts on going from 0 to 1... Raising a fund is permissionless. One LP does not start or stop the show. Burn all the boats Every fundraise is different — this is how I did it, you may be successful doing it a different way. My talk starts around 33:30, but the fund-of-funds panel is also one not to miss. Video: https://lnkd.in/gRfGEwFR

Congratulations to Jennifer Lee on her new role as Partner at GSV Ventures! Jennifer's journey from Wall Street to #EdTech has shaped her unique perspective on the power of capital and its potential for meaningful impact. Her time at Learn Capital ignited her passion for education, and her hands-on experience growing Photomath into a leading platform highlights her deep understanding of user-focused innovation. At GSV Ventures, Jennifer will leverage her insights to support "PreK to Gray" entrepreneurs, helping to address pressing educational challenges in today's AI-driven landscape. We look forward to seeing how she will contribute to GSV's mission of ensuring equal access to the future for all. https://bit.ly/3Xz19kW

We're excited to support the SomosVC Annual Summit happening on October 9-10 in San Francisco! This event is a powerful gathering of diverse voices in venture capital, focused on innovating while staying grounded in tradition. If you're interested in driving change in VC and connecting with leaders in the space, this is an event you won’t want to miss. Learn more:?https://lu.ma/dkk7mcpq #SomosVC #LatinxVC #InclusiveVC"

? The clock is ticking! We've extended the deadline for the 2024 VC Human Capital Survey to this Friday, Oct. 4. ?? VC firms: You have 5 days left to share your workforce and talent management details. Conducted by Venture Forward, National Venture Capital Association, and Deloitte every two years, this survey is essential to better understand and effectively serve the needs of the industry. Your input is crucial—don't miss out on this opportunity to contribute to a stronger, more inclusive VC ecosystem. Submit your data now: contact [email protected] for the survey link Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gDdMrRRt

"What do you think about awarding $1,000,000 in cash through a global startup search... and the prize includes a trip to CES?" What started as a seemingly crazy idea months ago has turned into the Panasonic Well Family Wellness Innovation Challenge! We're giving $1M cash, a sponsored trip to CES 2025, AND exhibition space in the Las Vegas Convention Center with Panasonic to 5 startups! This Challenge is open to companies tackling *any* aspect of family well-being. Femtech, Famtech, Agetech, Fintech, Care Economy, Women's Health ... or other!! If you're building a solution that affects family well-being, please apply! Learn more at the link below! Terms and conditions apply.

Applications are open for the 10th?annual Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program! Fifty women entrepreneurs will receive yearlong digital education, access to an incredible community?of founders and advisors, a $5,000 education grant and the chance to receive a no-interest loan of up to $25,000. We are looking for incredible women entrepreneurs to be #ToryBurchFellows – from any industry – for the 2025 Fellows program. Applications are open?now through November 1. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eXW2ZTaZ

Why Are We Arguing About the WNBA’s Growth? The growth of the #WNBA is nothing short of incredible. And yet, anywhere you turn there seems to be a caveat to be found. “It’s all Caitlin - she’s putting the league on her back.” “But the WNBA's losing money.” “Will anyone watch when she’s not playing? Can they keep it up?” At Monarch Collective, we often pull data on women’s sports - cutting and recutting to understand the fundamentals of where we are and where we’ll go. Based on publicly available data, we backed into the latest engagement numbers for the WNBA and our takeaway is pure optimism. Interest is up and to the right. Full stop. On ESPN, WNBA games averaged 454K viewers in 2023. In 2024, this grew to 1.2M - an impressive +85% for non-Caitlin Clark games and +278% for Caitlin Clark games. In arenas, Caitlin helped break an attendance record in almost every market. And, across non-Indiana games, league attendance has grown 47% YoY since 2022. Caitlin is a generational player. She’s a phenomenon who is changing the league and there is (and has been for a while!) real momentum brewing across the entire WNBA. Both can be true. Now, here is where we get really excited…the growth is even more incredible when you look at the nuance, instead of just the headlines. All of this is happening while we are barely scratching the surface on optimizing distribution. When schedules first came out, it was widely reported that 36 of 40 Indiana Fever games would be nationally broadcast (it ended up being 38 of 40). Other teams followed suit in announcing broadcast schedules. But not all channels are equal - NBA TV is a national network but has ~1/10th of the household reach of ABC. And, when you look at the largest channels, ABC, ESPN/ESPN2, and CBS, ~80% of the games on those networks featured one of three teams (Indiana, New York, and Las Vegas). Atlanta had only one game on those networks this year. This isn’t to say that Atlanta would have drawn as well as New York, but they don’t have distribution to even compare it apples-to-apples. Imagine what this could be in a few years with further improvements across team gameday experiences and focused marketing and distribution across teams. So, where do we go from here? It’s important to look at the nuanced trend data over longer periods of time. There is a mistake in using men’s sports or other historical data as a comparison or playbook. This moment of inflection is unique - even across women’s sports - and it’s hard to dictate where the ceiling will be. What’s important is that we celebrate the moment and each begin to understand the role that we play in continuing to push “up and to the right.” Not just over the next few years but over the long-term. As we often say, cultural shifts happen over time because 100 years of work happens overnight. Tags: #womenssports #womeninsports #womensbasketball #sports #WNBA #WNBPA #ESPN Jasmine Robinson Christine Jiang

?? Exciting news! Avid Ventures closed their second fund at $87 million, bringing their total capital to $165 million! Avid's strategy: ? Small initial investments ($500k-$2M) in high-potential startups ? Building strong founder relationships early on ? Increasing ownership over time in winning companies Founded by All Raiser Addie Lerner in 2020, Avid has already invested in 25 companies, including Rapyd, Nova Credit, and Alloy. Their approach of earning the privilege to invest resonates strongly with founders. As Daniel Simon, CEO of Coast said: "I believe they can earn their way into a meaningful position in any cap table." This raise signals massive confidence in Avid's strategy. Congratulations to the Avid team on this milestone! Allie Garfinkle, Fortune #VentureCapital #Startups #Innovation #termsheet https://bit.ly/3XX2PVN