by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Aug 25, 2020 | Innovation
A couple of weeks ago, in early August, I noticed a flurry of activity around AngelList’s Rolling Funds. AngelList describes them as “Always-Open Venture Funds” which enable fund managers to start investing as soon as capital from LPs (limited partners or investors in...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Sep 19, 2019 | Impact investing, Innovation, Leadership, Pique Fund, Resources, Systems, Trends
About a year ago, I developed an interest in attending VC Unlocked, an investor training program focused on venture capital, delivered by 500 Startups and Stanford University. I tried to get the tuition cost funded through a grant, I asked a friend to refer me when...
by Pique Ventures | Jul 2, 2019 | Big Ideas, Innovation, Investing Ideas, Investment Readiness, Vision
Photo credit: Pixabay | @EliasSch “[The innovation] came from out of the blue. Sometimes good ideas spring from having a sense of where you want to go, of having a vision of the next level of products.” – Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder, writing in his...
by Pique Ventures | Jun 11, 2019 | Capital raising, Crowdfunding, Fund Your Business, Innovation, Uncategorized, Vision, Women Investing in Women
Building a new firm in venture capital from scratch is not easy. Traditionally it has been the domain of former investment bankers and exited entrepreneurs. There are now some interesting entrants to the industry such as writers, podcasters, and very determined forces...
by Pique Ventures | May 28, 2019 | Big Ideas, Events, Fund Your Business, Innovation
What is Your Impact Investment Thesis?An investment thesis is to an investor like a value proposition is to an entrepreneur. You get asked what your thesis is all the time. As you get started, you’ll need to test out your thesis and see if any entrepreneurs want your...
by Pique Ventures | May 21, 2019 | Big Ideas, Impact investing, Impact investment, Innovation, Integrated Investing, Leadership, Pique Fund, Vision, Women Investing in Women, Women Investors
When Bonnie Foley-Wong named her firm, she chose Pique Ventures because she wanted people to be curious about the unknown, rather than be afraid of it. Seven years on, she has come to realize that we need more than just curiosity about the unfamiliar – we need...
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