Template Structure for the Anchor Investor in Your New Private Equity/ VC Fund

Many emerging fund managers find that large anchor investors request economics in their general partnership or management company. To help guide that negotiation, here’s a template of an opening letter to a potential anchor investor, laying out all your deal structuring options. You may find helpful a piece from Techcrunch on Should you give an...

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Family Office Masterclass: Who Will Disrupt Investment Management, and How?

Thanks to Family Office List for hosting me in a Masterclass today on “Who Will Disrupt Investment Management, and How?”. You can see the slides and video below.      ...

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For high school seniors: visit a very different America for a week, at no cost

I just won agreement from one of our children’s high schools to participate in the American Exchange Project.  This program sends high school seniors on a week-long trip to an American community very different from their own, and helps them welcome other students into their hometown for the same incredible experience. And it’s all 100%...

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Joined Bluesky Social

I just joined Bluesky Social, a very rapidly-growing social network: https://bsky.app/profile/teten.com . Social media has been around for a long time now. I wish Bluesky the best of luck on learning from its predecessors, and surmounting the fundamental challenges of the industry, including but not limited to spam, performative conflict, and oversimplification....

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Elite Fellowships, Scholarships, Conferences, and Training Programs for Young Leaders

When I was a junior at Yale, I had an epiphany.  There was a whole world of institutions who wanted to give me money or a free education, just because I was a young person. I thought: Sign me up for the free stuff! I laced up my sneakers and spent 3 hours jogging to...

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Simplectica Long/Short Hedge Fund Tech Stack

We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Jordan Thaeler, Cofounder, Simplectica. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm.  Simplectica is a long/short systematic fund based on proprietary mathematics in the area of Brownian...

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