I remember taking the flight over to New York and I’m like, I’m asking for money at a time where everyone’s trying to figure out if the world is going to be around… That’s what Samir Kaji told me (with a laugh) about Allocate’s Series A that was raised in the middle of the pandemic. … Read more
Sometimes the best relationships start with a single deal that plants a seed. Almost a decade ago, Sharran joined GoingVC as one of our earliest members (cohort 3, when we were just getting started). Back then, we had just launched GoingVC Partners—our investor syndicate—and one of the very first opportunities we saw was an AI infrastructure company … Read more
“Every month for an LP is like a day.” I just finished our latest Emerging Manager Spotlight on institutional LP due diligence, and I keep coming back to something Caleb Ollech (Director of Investments at Johns Hopkins) said that captures what this process is really about. When evaluating emerging managers, Caleb’s team asks themselves: Would I … Read more
