Adventures in fundland

What it means to be a limited partner (LP)

We're kicking off a series of material that aims to demystify what it means to be an LP. Todays episode covers the basics of what it means to be a limited partner (LP) in a venture capital (VC) fund. We cover the process of investing in a fund, including who can invest in a VC fund, what an accredited investor is, how investing in a fund works, how money is made from a fund, and the typical life cycle of VC funds. We also dive into the risks and benefits of investing in VC, how to evaluate a VC fund, and how investing in a fund can help diversify an individual's portfolio or align with other goals. If you're interested in learning more about being an LP, join us for a virtual panel April 19th [https://lu.ma/707ya5xy] where we'll be speaking with 3 women who are sharing their experiences in becoming LPs! Follow us on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/company/seed-to-harvest-ventures/], @sthventures [https://www.instagram.com/sthventures/] on Instagram or drop us a note at hello@seedtoharvestvs.com!

What we've learned a year into building our fund

In today's episode, talk about where we began, where we're at now and what we've learned since we began the fund. We're going to cover the evolution of our fund model, approach finding founders, nailing the perfect pitch, creating a killer pitch deck, and how we deal with tight deadlines and keep our LPs motivated. Follow us on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/company/seed-to-harvest-ventures/], @sthventures [https://www.instagram.com/sthventures/] on Instagram or drop us a note at hello@seedtoharvestvs.com!

Researching Fund Data

Today we're talking about where we're at as a fund with data and research. Basically, the industry wants more info on diverse founders, but unfortunately, it's not something that's often collected. There's a real lack of data on Black, Latina, and women founders, as well as diversity in the tech world overall. And a lot of the research out there just forces people to pull together bits and pieces from all over the place to try and back up their ideas. So, we're discussing what data we want to collect and how we can team up with others in the ecosystem to come up with shared metrics. We want to build coalitions that can share resources and data to tackle this issue. The data we're after covers things like race/ethnicity, gender, wealth-building strategies, diversity in the C-suite and LP participation, funding rounds, traction, valuation, amount raised, time between rounds, team size and diversity, roles, and ways to create wealth. Follow us on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/company/seed-to-harvest-ventures/] or drop us a note at hello@seedtoharvestvs.com!

Growing your fund’s team

Our fund has recently grown to a team of 4 (!!) and we are chatting through how that process has gone for us.  We cover:  * The challenges in knowing when to get help and being able to take action on it * Knowing what type of help to get in an industry with wildly varying titles and roles * How to approach onboarding new members and hiring while you're in the weeds  Follow us on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/company/seed-to-harvest-ventures/] or drop us a note at hello@seedtoharvestvs.com!

Founder Focus: Setting up a Pilot and fundraising

We recently did a session with Bubble.io's Immerse Cohort of founders and spoke with them about how to run pilots and use early traction to tell a fundraising story. We're going to share the key points that came out of that talk for today's more founder focused episode.  We cover:  * How to set up a pilot now that I have an MVP * What factors do I need to consider? What should I measure? * What are markers of a successful (or unsuccessful) pilots * Forming relationships with your first usersVC Fundraising * What kind of traction do VCs want to see? * How should I start building relationships with investors when I'm not yet ready to raise? Follow us on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/company/seed-to-harvest-ventures/] or drop us a note at hello@seedtoharvestvs.com!