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Swimming with Allocators — 100 episodes
How Denmark Built a Big-Tech Future From a Small-Country Base
A New Playbook for Deep Tech Fund Investing
Aligning Capital With Community Impact
Rethinking the Venture Co-Investment Playbook
What LPs Want and GPs Need to Hear
The Allocator’s Checklist: How LPs Size Up Managers
Power Laws, Secondaries, and Staying Consistent: StepStone’s VC Framework
DDQ: Founders, Fraud & ‘Fake It Till You Make It’
How to Separate Yourself When Everyone Has the Same Deck
Built for Venture: Problem-Solving Meets People Work
The New Rules of Venture: What Next-Gen LPs Should Know First
Inside VenCap’s Data-Driven Playbook for Venture Returns
SWA’s Best of 2025 (Part 2)
SWA’s Best of 2025 (Part 1)
From Consumer Insights to AI Upside: How LPs Win in the Next Decade
Rethinking Fundraising: What LPs Really Value
The Venture Compass: Authenticity, AI, and the Power of Congruence
DDQ: Due Diligence, Debate, and Differentiation: A Deep Dive into Today’s Venture Landscape with Earnest Sweat and Alexa Binns
Compounding Capital Across Cycles: A Masterclass in Venture Allocation
Simple, Not Easy: The Mindset Behind Sustainable Wealth
Navigating the Supercluster: Finding Signal in Venture’s Noise
The Human Side of Venture: Lessons from a Pastor-Turned-LP
The Future Starts Small: Why Emerging Managers Drive Venture Returns
Patient Capital, Bold Bets: Constructing a Venture Book That Works
Profit With Purpose: Capricorn’s Playbook for GP Stakes & Impact
Access, Conviction, Returns: Inside A Top Level Venture Playbook
Allocating in an AI Era: The Endowment Model Explained
DDQ: Is Trying to Differentiate Just Dumb?
Cycles, Convergence, and Capital: Investing Wisdom from Six Continents
Backing the Next Generation: GP Seeding and Co-Investment Insights
Concentration Over Diversification: A New Era for Crypto Fund-of-Funds
How to Think Like a CIO: Strategy, Structure, and Staying Power
How Institutional Investors Think and What Emerging Managers Must Know
Finding the North Star: The Balance Between Strategy and Returns
You Can Do Both: Investing for Mission and Performance
Inside LTV Capital’s Playbook for Backing Atypical Venture Managers
The Creative Investor: Navigating Tech, Defense, and Deep Tech Investments
Investing Beyond the Coastal Elites
Venture Capital's Next Wave: Strategies for Emerging Fund Managers
DDQ: IPOs, AGMs and Hamilton Lane’s New Venture Fund
Investing Against the Grain
Beyond the Game: Leading Family Offices of Professional Athletes
The Untapped Potential of Corporate Venture Capital in Canada with Paula Cruickshank of BDC Capital
Is the Future of Venture Capital in the Hands of Emerging Managers? Featuring Laura Thompson of Sapphire Partners and OpenLP
The Secret Sauce of Allocating: Endurance is Key with Lockwood Holmes of Vincimus Capital
Investing for Justice: How Capital Drives Change with Ian Fuller of Westfuller Advisors
Capital Formation Secrets: Unlocking the Power Law in Venture Capital with Meghan Reynolds of Altimeter Capital
Investment Strategies Through Cycles with Samir Kaji of Allocate
Building Europe’s First Tech-Focused Fund of Funds with Ertan Can of Multiple Capital
DDQ: OCIO Acquisitions, Family Office Co-Investments, and 2025 Predictions
The Water Is Fine: Debunking Common Investment Fears
Your Investor Path to Greatness
The CIO Mindset Every VC Needs
Adopting Marketing and Client Services Best Practices in Venture
Do Most LPs Like Their Job? Featuring Grady Buchanan
Capitalizing on Counter-Cyclical Valuations in Venture
The “Approachable LP” Investing on Behalf of 120 Families
Turning Around a Pension Fund with a Modern Venture Strategy
The Remaining Massive Opportunities in Fintech with PayPal’s Lisha Bell
Election 2024: What Tech Investors Are Missing When It Comes to Regulatory Risks and Rewards
Fundraising from Family Offices and Maximizing Those Relationships with Malcolm Robinson
30 Years of Lessons Learned Investing in Emerging Managers with Aakar Vachhani
How MetLife Won Allocation in Top GPs with Matt Curtolo
How Screendoor Underwrites First-Time Fund Managers with Lisa Cawley
Foundry's Approach to Investing in Early-Stage VC Funds with Jaclyn Freeman Hester
A Novel Solution for LPs to Access Emerging GPs Biggest Winners with Sunil Pai
Today’s Opportunities and Landscape in Canadian Venture Capital
Building Relationships with Asian Limited Partners with Chris Shen of Revere VC
Opportunities in Today’s Secondary Market with Christopher Johnson of Knightsbridge Advisers
DDQ: Megafunds Are Back; Adjusting Your LP and VC Strategy Accordingly with Earnest Sweat and Alexa Binns
Venture Capital for the State of California with Derrick Tang of IBank California
Starting a Public Venture Program from Scratch with Peter Teneriello
Impact Investing: Past, Present, and Future with Margot Kane of Spring Point Partners
QED Chronicles: Lessons Learned from a Top VC for Selecting New Managers with Alex Edelson
Expanding Your Investment Strategy to Include Venture Capital with Kate Nevin
The Strategy for Selecting Top Co-Investments as a Limited Partner with Josh Porter
How Should Fund Managers Approach Pension Plans in Private Market Investing? Featuring Edward Comerford
Private Detective to Private Investments: Life Lessons from Caprock’s Chris Schelling
Continuous Improvement: How to 10x Your LP and VC Processes with Jason Calacanis
Start, Bench, or Cut: Which Emerging Manager Archetype Do You Want on Your Team?
Eric Sippel the Emerging Manager Mentor: Guidance from the Family Office Investor on Twelve LPACs
The Deck Deluge: Boris Wertz’s Journey Through 200 Decks from Emerging Managers Raising Today
Why Invest in Early-Stage Key-Node VCs with Frank Tanner
How Company Creation Funds Outperform Traditional Venture Capital with Sarah Anderson
From the Other Side: What Sapphire Partners Wishes More VC Managers Knew Featuring Nate Leung
Translating Silicon Valley Venture for Brazilian Multifamily Offices with Avanish Sahai
Venture Capital: Build a Profitable VC Position through a Correction Featuring David York of Top Tier Capital Partners
The Case for LP Allocation and GP Conviction in Venture with Sam Sadowsky
Strategies for Overcoming Bias in Asset Management with Daryn Dodson of Illumen Capital
The Future of Funding: Outlining the Female VC Advantage with Renata Aráuz-DeStefano of Pivotal Ventures
DDQ: Discuss, Debate & Question VC Predictions for 2024 with Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat
Beyond the Hype: Inside the Realities and Opportunities in Venture with Chris Douvos
Investing Ahead of the Curve: Wisdom from a Futurist with Roxane Googin
Mastering Venture Capital in Public Pensions with Tony Meadows
Three Key Criteria for Evaluating Venture Capital Managers: Decision-Making, Specialization, and Operations with Michael Ashley Schulman of Running Point Capital
How Nomad's Thinking Has Changed in Manager Selection with Jordan Nel of Hummingbird Ventures
The Overlooked Alpha in This Next Decade of Venture with Claude Grunitzky and Adrienne Rees of The Equity Alliance
How 2023 Has Reshaped the Landscape for VC Firms with Winter Mead of Coolwater Capital
Investing in Change: Making the Case for Investing in Venture Capital Featuring Alifia Doriwala of RockCreek
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