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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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.

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: Varun Turlapati

Five years down the line, everything would be neurotech.

Top Decile Podcast: Fehmida Kapadia

It takes a village, and Fehmida built the village.

Top Decile Podcast: Christian Tadrus

This industry really is ripe for modernization.

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

Top Decile Podcast: Wes Schwalje and Walid Aradi

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

Top Decile Podcast: Doug Griffin

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

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

The first big check that unlocks the rest

Venture Capital Fund Benchmarks for Emerging Managers

What TVPI, DPI and IRR mean for small funds

How to Invest in Venture Capital Funds as a Limited Partner

Becoming a limited partner, explained honestly

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.

Top Decile Podcast: Navneet Kaur

Backing the founders reinventing women’s health and longevity.

VC Statistics That Actually Matter to Emerging Managers

What the numbers look like for emerging managers

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

First-Time Fund Manager: The Practical Guide to Launching Your First VC Fund

Thesis, size, LPs and setup for fund one

Top Decile Podcast: Tahnoon Murtza

Tahnoon isn't just a finance operator who discovered entertainment.

Top Decile Podcast: Anthony Atlas

Every year, roughly 175,000 students enter science competitions at the bottom level.

Top Decile Podcast: Lorenzo de Leo

From Madrid Math to Miami's Venture Studios

The Best Venture Capital AI Tools for Emerging Fund Managers

Venture capital AI tools are reshaping everything.

Why Emerging Fund Managers Are Turning to All-in-One VC Platforms

The Operational Problem Every New Fund Manager Faces

How to Raise a Venture Fund Quickly: A Practical Guide for Emerging Managers

Speed Comes From Preparation, Not Urgency

How to Launch a VC Firm in 2026: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide

Why 2026 Is a Compelling Moment to Start

Ankur Shrivastava

How Ankur Shrivastava built a three-person, three-country climate tech firm.

34 Emerging Venture Capital Funds to Invest In Decile Access

Browse 34 vetted emerging venture capital funds raising now on Decile Access.

First VC Fund Fundraising Statistics Unpacked

Generalist vs Specialist VC Data Unpacked

Rachel Chalmers and Michelle Yi

Generationship Fund I closed in June 2026.