#145 Best CFO Reads for VCs / LPs

Happy Q2! Appreciate you reading this new format as we power through busy season! We’ve aggregated some of the best VC GP / CFO reads we’ve seen recently - enjoy!

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Top Reads of Recent History, VC CFO Style

• #142 VC Market Maps & Useful Data

• #141 VC is the Best (Asset Class) if You Choose Wisely

• #140 RTF (Return The Fund) Math for VCs

• #137 The Ides of March -> VC CFO Deadlines

• #135 Regulatory for VC Funds, CFO Edition

• #130 Top Takes of 2024 (So Far) & Takeaways

• #123 Q4 Valuations + Real Policy Examples (Download)

• #119 The Ultimate PE/VC Fund Checklist for Year-End Finance & Compliance

• A Crowdsourced List of Books and Resources for New Venture Capitalists

Best Recent Reads We’ve Seen on the Web

• Sourcery → YC W24, SBF, WeBack ? (Molly O’Shea)

• Data-Driven VC: Zero to 30M ARR Playbook, Pros & Cons of Venture Debt, State of Liq Prefs, Growth Hurdles & More

• Sarah Tavel (Benchmark): What MidJourney, DeepL, ElevenLabs, and HeyGen have in common (besides special teams and explosive growth!)

• Confluence.VC: GGV Splits (Clay Norris)

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Happy YC W24 Week (Molly O’Shea)

To kick things off, this YC AI list is giving Silicon Valley hope

The fabric of technology is changing, and someone’s got to build it. Adopt, adapt, or get left behind.

Check out the full W24 batch list here or a curated AI list here

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