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Unlocking the potential of venture capital

Top Decile Podcast: Tal Schwartz

Canada's policy lag is his investment map, not a handicap.

Top Decile Podcast: Javier Cueto

Latin America does not need unicorns to win.

Top Decile Podcast: Eran Savir

Revenue from strangers is the only proof that counts.

Lines, Not Dots: How to Follow Up With LPs After an Event

Turn event conversations into LP commitments

How to Close a VC Fund: A Step-by-Step Guide from Adeo Ressi

The exact LP closing sequence, from lead to wire

Zombie Funds: What They Are and How to Avoid Running One

How funds go quiet, and how to avoid it

Non-Consensus Investing: Where the Real Opportunity Still Lives

Why the real edge sits at pre-seed

The Venture Fund of Funds: What It Buys and What It Costs

What a fund of funds buys, and what it costs.

The Pre-Seed Fund: How to Start and Run One

Sizing, construction and fundraising for a first pre-seed fund.

The Small Fund Advantage: What Sub $10M Funds Do That Large Funds Cannot

What a sub $10M fund can actually do

VC Check Size: The Arithmetic Behind Every Investment

How fund size and reserves determine your initial check.

The Local Venture Capital Fund: Why Proximity Wins at Pre-Seed

Why proximity beats brand at the earliest stage

The Solo GP: How One Person Runs a Venture Fund

Economics, operating load and LP diligence for one-person funds.

TVPI, DPI and MOIC: What Venture Fund Metrics Actually Tell You

What each fund metric measures, and which LPs trust.

Top Decile Podcast: Nathan Maton

Nathan Maton built Basal Capital around repeat founders, the glass eaters, and a process for earning conviction and access before a round is even announced.

Top Decile Podcast: Vijay Rajendran and Amit Goel

Vertical first, AI second. Vijay Rajendran and Amit Goel built gAI Ventures to act as an institutional co-founder, building companies from scratch alongside domain experts.

Top Decile Podcast: Vineet Shah

Vineet Shah spent 18 years commercializing frontier industrial technology. He built 8 Clockwise to fund the energy transition companies that never make it out of the lab.

Top Decile Podcast: Genevieve LeMarchal

Fewer than 10 percent of VCs do healthcare. Genevieve LeMarchal built Suncoast Ventures to back digital health, health tech, and medical device founders before the science is de-risked.

Top Decile Podcast: Ryan Else

Ryan Else built Roadster Capital to back pre-seed and seed founders modernizing the American industrial base across defense, manufacturing, logistics, and applied AI.

Top Decile Podcast: Garrett Smith

Garrett Smith exited two medtech startups for a combined $600M, then built ReefHaven Ventures to write the first institutional check into founders at the convergence of biology, robotics, and AI.

Top Decile Podcast: Mike Keymer

Quantum computing has been five years away for thirty years. Mike Keymer built Alphaket Fund I around the conviction that the wait is finally ending.

Top Decile Podcast: Anca Burke and Andrey Mikhalchuk

ARTA Ventures backs US applied AI founders at the seed stage. Anca Burke and Andrey Mikhalchuk on why operators, not financiers, make the best early stage investors.

Emerging Manager LPs: Why Your First Investors Are People You Already Know

Your first LPs are individuals, not institutions

The LP Fundraising Roadshow: How Emerging Managers Run One

Manufacturing momentum for a first close

Emerging Manager Portfolio Construction: Building a Fund I That Works

Five decisions that define a Fund I

Diverse GP Strategies: What the Fund Formation Data Actually Shows

What the fund formation data actually shows

ESG in Venture Capital: A Practical Guide for Emerging Managers

ESG sized for funds without sustainability teams

Top Decile Podcast: Christian Tadrus

This industry really is ripe for modernization.

Top Decile Podcast: Fehmida Kapadia

It takes a village, and Fehmida built the village.

Top Decile Podcast: Varun Turlapati

Five years down the line, everything would be neurotech.

Mala Ramakrishnan

Mala Ramakrishnan closed Progressive Ventures Fund I at $12M from 94 LPs, almost entirely from within a three-mile radius of her house in Palo Alto.

GP Commit: How Much Should You Put Into Your Own Fund?

Skin in the game, sized honestly

Venture Capital Fund Benchmarks for Emerging Managers

What TVPI, DPI and IRR mean for small funds

Top Decile Podcast: Doug Griffin

Doug backs operator-led startups where AI meets the physical world.

Top Decile Podcast: Wes Schwalje and Walid Aradi

Wes Schwalje and Walid Aradi built Red Tape Ventures on regulatory complexity.

How to Invest in Venture Capital Funds as a Limited Partner

Becoming a limited partner, explained honestly

Anchor LP: How to Find and Structure Your First Major Investor

The first big check that unlocks the rest

How to Close Your First LPs Before the VC Lab Cohort Begins

Use the pre-cohort weeks to reach first close

What LPs Look for in Fund Managers: Lessons From Two Active Limited Partners

Two LPs on trust, thesis discipline, and relationships

Why the VC Fundraising Market Is Hot Right Now (and How Emerging Managers Can Capitalize)

How emerging managers can capitalize on a hot market

Inside VC Lab: How a Free Venture Capital Accelerator Helps You Close Your First Fund

How the VC Lab accelerator model actually works

How to Pitch LPs: What Two Active LPs Want First-Time Fund Managers to Know

Two active LPs on pitching and closing fund commitments

AI for Venture Capital: How Fund Managers Are Using AI Agents to Run Their Funds

Inside Decile Hub's new AI agents for fund managers

Top Decile Podcast: Michael Saloio

Betting on domain experts as the next consumer founders.

Top Decile Podcast: Nikhil Mittal

A fraud fighter's approach to backing AI-native founders.

Top Decile Podcast: Rob Mihalko

A career inside marketplaces, now backing them at seed.

Top Decile Podcast: Galit Flasterstein

Backing Latin America's most underfunded ag and climate founders.

LP Pitch Deck Templates: What Actually Goes in a Fund Deck That Closes Commitments

The slide order that closes commitments

Venture Capital Treasury Management: A Practical Guide for First-Time Fund Managers

Four decisions that govern your fund's cash between closes

VC Statistics That Actually Matter to Emerging Managers

What the numbers look like for emerging managers

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