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At the end of this post, you’ll find our latest deep dive on “how to start a new fund” with Founding GPs from Visionaries Club and 10x Founders, who have raised hundreds of millions in their first funds.
RESOURCES OVERVIEW🛠️
✅ Evaluating startups with ChatGPT
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✅ Top 10 Prompts for startup sourcing
✅ Top 10 Prompts for startup screening & due diligence
✅ Top 10 Prompts for deal winning & closing
✅ List of 312 family offices
✅ List of 59 pension funds
✅ List of 1513 angel investors
✅ List of 997 accelerators
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What I read this week🤓
Here’s a summary of the best content that I consumed in the previous week…
1) a16z on How to Build Flywheels in VC: The New Media
The playbook on how to become the single place where founders acquire the legitimacy, taste, brandbuilding, expertise, and momentum they need to win the narrative battle online - and how this in turn helps a16z win the best deals in startup land.
2) Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
Tesla shareholders have approved the largest executive compensation package in corporate history: $1 trillion in stock options for Elon Musk, contingent upon hitting a series of operational and market-cap milestones.
3) US Companies Earnings Growing at Fastest Pace in Four Years
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4) Prediction Markets as Search Infrastructure
Google announced a partnership with Polymarket and Kalshi to integrate real-time prediction data directly into Search and Google Finance, allowing users to see market-implied probabilities on questions ranging from election outcomes to GDP growth.
5) McKinsey’s State of AI 2025 Report: Here’s the TL;DR
How to Start a New Fund🚀
I’m excited to share the recording from one of the most attended sessions “How to Start a New Fund” at our recent Investor Summit 2025 at Bits & Pretzels with Robert Lacher from Visionaries Club and Jan Reichelt from 10x Founders, moderated by Paula Wehmeyer (ex General Catalyst & La Familia).
Watch if you want to learn:
How to find your edge and right to win as investor
How to convince LPs for the first fund generation
Pros and Cons of Founder/Operator turned VC
How to find the right LPs for your model
When should you start your own fund
How to move from follower to lead
… and a lot more
Here’s the link to the full panel discussion:
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