#187 VC Fund Launch Unpacked! Insights from VCs & CFOs

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Doug Dyer
October 10, 2024

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

- Winston Churchill

Picture of the Day: Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA

Earlier this week, we enjoyed this post from OpenLP. They said it pretty well:

“Launching a VC fund isn’t as simple as it seems.”

Carmen Alfonso Rico shares the unexpected challenges of setting up Cocoa 🍫, her first-time fund, from navigating fund structures to managing the complex operational tasks involved.

If you’re an emerging manager, this is a must-read for insights into avoiding costly bottlenecks and building a sustainable venture.

As Carmen puts it, "when you start a fund, you go from being a full-time investor to a part-time lawyer, accountant, and PA."

Venture Capital Fund Launch - The Airstream Alpha Approach

The post above took us back to one or our earliest blog series on “Venture Capital Fund Launch - The Airstream Alpha Approach.” In this series, we shared the following detail on how to approach fund launch:

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