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 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 | Aug 26, 2019 | Capacity Building, Due diligence, Leadership
One week down, one more to go – at VC Unlocked. I have been doing due diligence all my career (22+ years!), but venture capital is another beast altogether. I am glad I took the leap to build a venture capital firm from scratch. I have learned and gained new...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Aug 13, 2019 | Leadership diversity, Market News
Last month, CBRE published their 2019 Scoring Tech Talent report. As described in the introduction to the report, “Scoring Tech Talent is a comprehensive analysis of labor market conditions, cost and quality in the U.S. and Canada for highly skilled tech workers. The...
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...
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