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Venture Unlocked

The playbook for raising and operating a fund. Written by Samir Kaji. This page collects 182 posts published between November 2020 and October 2026. Recent coverage focuses on Venture Capital & Startups and AI (Horizontal). Venture Unlocked publishes roughly 1 post a month; the best of them appear in the SandHill weekly digest.

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Tuesday, 9 November 2021

1 piece
Base10's TJ Nahigian on using automation and research within the firm as a competitive advantage, ways to optimize outcomes in the current investing climate, and thoughts on crossover investing.

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

1 piece
Glasswing Ventures Rudina Seseri on frontier tech, the KPI's Glasswing uses to measure their value-add to founders, and why diversity is central to their investing ethos

Tuesday, 26 October 2021

1 piece
Eniac Ventures Hadley Harris on portfolio construction fundamentals, partnership durability, and views on the shifting seed market.

Tuesday, 19 October 2021

1 piece
LP Roundtable with Chris Douvos (Ahoy Capital), Beezer Clarkson (Sapphire Partners), Guy Perelmuter (GRIDS Capital) on opportunity funds, red flags they watch for, and the state of the market.

Monday, 18 October 2021

1 piece
We are hiring on the investment team at Allocate!

Tuesday, 12 October 2021

1 piece
Human Ventures' Heather Hartnett on studio models, developing their business creation platform to add value to founders, and their fundraising learnings from raising their first significant fund

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

1 piece
Global Founders Capital’s Don Stalter on their belief in larger portfolios, managing a global investment firm, and building systems and processes to deliver value at scale.

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

1 piece
Founders Fund Delian Asparouhov on Miami as a major tech hub, what he thinks as the drivers for innovation now, and the pros of incubating companies like Varda within firms.

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

1 piece
Banana Capital's Turner Novak on his unconventional path in breaking into VC, being a successful stage agnostic investor, and leveraging social platforms to build advantages

Tuesday, 14 September 2021

1 piece
Primary Venture Partners Jason Shuman on integrating partners into an established partnership, KPI's on measuring value to founders, and views on portfolio construction.

Friday, 10 September 2021

1 piece
The power of QSBS and federal tax exemptions in early stage fund investing

Tuesday, 7 September 2021

1 piece
Broadhaven Ventures' Michael Sidgmore on democratization of venture capital, why Alts are the future of private portfolios, and the role of wealth management firms.

Tuesday, 31 August 2021

1 piece
Act One Ventures Silton and Guerrero on the Diversity Rider initiative, building meaningful partnerships, and operating experience has been key to their model

Tuesday, 24 August 2021

1 piece
From Norwest to starting Roble Ventures, Sergio Monsalve on equity and diversity in tech, adapting from large VC to a small, solo-GP, and investing in heated markets.

Tuesday, 17 August 2021

1 piece
Haystack's Semil Shah on building the firm from the ground up, portfolio models, and the state of VC today

Tuesday, 10 August 2021

1 piece
137 Ventures Justin Fishner-Wolfson on why ownership is an overvalued heuristic, building lasting teams, and the current state of secondary markets.

Monday, 9 August 2021

1 piece
Assessing the world of opportunity funds

Tuesday, 3 August 2021

1 piece
Jeff Morris, Jr. on finding your own fund/market fit, having like Lightspeed and Sequoia as LPs, and the ever-changing dynamic between entrepreneurs and VCs

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

1 piece
Miriam Rivera on going from angel to running a firm , driving real change in diversity in tech, and how traditional heuristics should be challenged in VC.

Thursday, 22 July 2021

1 piece
Announcing our $5MM round and progress!

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

1 piece
Ben Casnocha on his learnings from working with Reid Hoffman, building network incentives, and the art of portfolio construction.

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

1 piece
Lan Xuezhao of Basis Set Ventures on using data science along with human psychology to assess deals, finding LP/GP fit, founder super powers measurement, and conviction based investing.

Thursday, 8 July 2021

1 piece
Meet the Expert: Braughm Ricke of Aduro Advisors on working with over 300 Emerging Firms, his time as the first CFO at True Ventures, traits of successful managers

Tuesday, 6 July 2021

1 piece
Monique Woodard of Cake Ventures on the 3 layers of the Cake that comprise her thesis, what she learned at Lightspeed and 500 startups, fundraising during a pandemic, and diversity in the seed.

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

1 piece
Shauntel Garvey of Reach Capital on EdTech, raising a sector focused fund, and the importance of being an active seed investor beyond the A round

Thursday, 24 June 2021

1 piece
An update on Allocate!

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

1 piece
Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures on Generational Firm Evolution, Why Fundraising is Like Enterprise Sales, & The State of Venture today

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

1 piece
Satya Patel of Homebrew on how they were able to raise their first fund in 100 days, creating enduring partnerships, and the art of fund sizing.

Tuesday, 8 June 2021

1 piece
Jeff Clavier of Uncork Capital on being one of the earliest seed stage VC's, lessons in fundraising during a downturn, and building a multi-generational firm

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

1 piece
Nnamdi Okike of 645 Ventures on thoughtfully growing funds, data driven sourcing in venture to reduce bias, and building one of the largest BIPOC led venture firms.

Thursday, 20 May 2021

1 piece
We are hiring a Venture Associate!

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

1 piece
Stephen DeBerry of Bronze VC on social impact investing, GP commits, & the next-gen of underrepresented managers

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

1 piece
Sunil Dhaliwal from Amplify Partners on finding overlooked investment opportunities, deal competition, and the future of venture capital

Tuesday, 4 May 2021

1 piece
Pete Flint on network effects, VC as a platform, and how they think about fund sizes.

Monday, 26 April 2021

1 piece
Jamie Rhode of Family Office Verdis Investment Management on using decision science to drive fund allocation strategy, their view on large portfolio sizes, and biggest trends they see in VC.

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

1 piece
Paul Martino from Bullpen Capital on being an early pioneer in post-seed, conviction to back non-consensus startups + another way to think about the SPAC movement

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

1 piece
Ashmeet Sidana on moving from a partnership with Foundation Capital to being a Solo GP, investing in technical teams, and the upside and downside of data.

Tuesday, 6 April 2021

1 piece
Katie Jacobs Stanton on moving from angel investing to starting Moxxie, experiences with LP's "ghosting", and why she went the solo GP route

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

1 piece
Daniel Leff of Waverley Capital on media tech, how he's crafted a successful VC career by being contrarian, and the role of strategic LPs as differentiators

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

1 piece
Brian Garrett of Crosscut Ventures on building a regionally based seed firm outside of SV, the rise of LA, raising during a recession, and how Crosscut has evolved over the last 13 years.
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