Breakout Sessions with Facilitated Discussions #2: Best Practices for New VC Fund Managers During a Downturn

How should new VC fund managers navigate managing a fund and investing capital during a downturn? This session will cover topics such as how to address portfolio construction, reserve planning for follow-on investments, recycling capital, guidance on back office services, communications with LPs, and more.

Reading Materials

• GP and LP Alignment, Challenges for Emerging Fund Managers, and How the Explosion in Seed Fund Volume. The Full Ratchet: Venture Capital Demystified. # 238.
• How Emerging Venture Capital Fund Managers Should Thing About Their LP Fundraising Strategies. By Ha Doung.  Forbes.com. August 25, 2020.
• How to manage a new or emerging venture fund. By Tim Flannery. Carta.
• How to raise your first VC Fund. By Charles Yu. TechCrunch. August 21, 2020.
• Liquidity Tools for Managers. By Esteban Reyes and Shirley Schoenfeld. Kauffman Fellows. July 29, 2020.
• The Economics of VCs Recycling Management Fees. FeldThoughts. August 13, 2018.
• Understanding Portfolio Construction. By Craig Thomas. First Close. August 5.