Swimming with Allocators

The VC podcast from the LP perspective

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"Who has been the best guest so far ?" Can you answer @Jason's question? Swimming with Allocators is your favorite VC podcast from the LP perspective. Subscribe to hear a different top allocator's venture strategy each week.
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💦 Episode 100: DDQ: Celebrating 100 Episodes with Swimming with Allocators w/ @Earnest Sweat and @Alexa Binns

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/dAE9fVCaaQ
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/J9fBneQTvt

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[Earnest Sweat @EarnestSweat]

A lot of VCs are in a quiet mid-career crisis. They're at firms with significant AUM. They have no clarity on the strategy, no AI workflow, no proprietary edge. So they hype-seek. The settled people I know right now are the ones who left and built something narrower on purpose.

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💦 Episode 99: Cultivating a Venture Program Without Chasing the Hype, Featuring Mike Kakenmaster, Director of Investments, Loyola University Chicago

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/U2RbxgKcna
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/I27IZeEfBQ

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💦 Episode 98: What It Takes to Win With Institutional LPs, Featuring Yuri Lee, Director, Head of Venture Capital, TMRS

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/4affOKsRUK
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/mfcXkYmkQq

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💦 Episode 97: How Denmark Built a Big-Tech Future From a Small-Country Base, Featuring Erik Balck Sorensen— CIO, Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund.

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/6KCUM0hncJ
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/II6KnIoRIt

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💦 Episode 96: A New Playbook for Deep Tech Fund Investing, Featuring @reallywesp Wes Panek, Head of Fund Investing, Astera Institute, @AsteraInstitute

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/uJC2rpgp0F
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/fLQTezeH9C

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💦 Episode 95: Aligning Capital With Community Impact, Featuring Lisa Richter and Tina Castro, Co-Founders & Managing Partners, Avivar Capital

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/ILCEoekcOc
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/uAwF9BpRtW

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💦 Episode 94: Rethinking the Venture Co-Investment Playbook, Featuring, Juan Diego Briceno, Founder & Managing Partner, Pomifer Capital

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/IPSGV8FGPJ
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/sgPRvVVB4I

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💦 Episode 93: What LPs Want and GPs Need to Hear, Featuring, @regdgreen Regina Green, Managing Director of Investments, Catalyze

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/DwpWbcIqfa
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/4uI5eFx7xT

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@Chndrbhn_Maurya @SidleyLaw Yes we do!

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Rebecca Stuart of @SidleyLaw breaks down how AI-driven acqui-hires bypass change-of-control protections—and what VCs & startups can do to protect key teams and portfolios.

Youtube: https://t.co/Ma6lfBAm2y

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@SidleyLaw’s @Michael Podolny explains why AI-driven, globally ambitious startups are seeking full-lifecycle legal and tax advice from day one—and how early QSBS planning can shape stronger founder outcomes.

🎙️https://t.co/iNhs6luJmX

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💦 Episode 92: The Allocator’s Checklist: How LPs Size Up Managers, Featuring Charlotte Zhang, Senior Portfolio Manager, Inatai Foundation @InataiFdn

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/ETbyJ66xUw
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/qXPNwRzS7Y

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💦 Episode 91: Power Laws, Secondaries, and Staying Consistent: StepStone’s VC Framework, Featuring Anthony Giambrone

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/Vl7kttniXU
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/8fltqEi9pz

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💦 Episode 90: DDQ: Founders, Fraud & ‘Fake It Till You Make It' with Podcast Hosts, @EarnestSweat and @alexabinns

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/4NfQvPXbXp
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/MOD7KYN2uO

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💦 Episode 89: How to Separate Yourself When Everyone Has the Same Deck, Featuring Zach Ruchman, Shareholder & Managing Director, Private Investments, HB Wealth

🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/h8rBAsYC2J

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💦 Episode 88: Built for Venture: Problem-Solving Meets People Work, Featuring Marcia Mitchell @marciamitch, Managing Director, Mesa Lane Capital

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/Mbgq4z2Qa0
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/T4DTHG7swY

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@ShaneGoudey from @SidleyLaw shares insights on current trends in venture capital fundraising, highlighting where LP capital is coming from and the growing interest in co-investment opportunities.

Listen: https://t.co/1cDWeYw5o9

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💦 Episode 86: The New Rules of Venture: What Next-Gen LPs Should Know First Featuring Iliana Oris Valiente @ilianaOV, Independent LP and Capital Translator

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/HcjFsSynIM
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/qakVoGM8Om

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💦 Episode 86: Inside VenCap’s Data-Driven Playbook for Venture Returns Featuring @daveclark85, David Clark, Chief Investment Officer, VenCap International.

🎧 Spotify: https://t.co/bRXh1ek92v
🎧 YouTube: https://t.co/0DHmFz9Alp

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