by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Mar 29, 2021 | Book, Pique Fund, Share Equity, Women Investors
Starting a fund is starting a business. It’s a two-sided business model with one side involving aggregating capital from investors and the other side being the allocation of that capital to compelling opportunities. I have advised organizations on starting funds and I...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Aug 6, 2019 | Capital raising, Due diligence, Emerging managers
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Networking and growing your network is key to any business activity. For example, seeking referrals was an important part of raising Hustle Fund’s inaugural fund. “We started by approaching friends and acquaintances and...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jul 23, 2019 | Emerging managers, Investing Ideas, Leadership diversity
The time required to raise a fund is critical, particularly for emerging managers. Time dedicated to raising a fund means time away from deploying capital into promising ventures. For some it also means a period of very tight cashflow, especially if you’re raising a...
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 Bonnie Foley-Wong | Feb 5, 2016 | Investing Ideas, Market News, Trends
In January last year, I made some predictions that in 2015 we’d see more emerging managers and increased co-investment activity between established investors and newer entrants, more cross-border activity, and sector focuses of health and wellness, financial...
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