René Bastón

Innovation catalyst. VP of Strategy, Digital Health @team8group. Formerly founding Executive Director @NEbigdatahub, @CUNYResearch @DSI_Columbia.

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Join for free: a virtual conf with 1000+ LPs, Family Offices, Funds of Funds, & GPs of VC, PE, RE, & Hedge Funds – Nov 26 on Zoom. $100M+ & $1B+ Single FOs, LPs, FoFs & other investment firms have confirmed their participation. Like & reply "+" to get the invite in DM (we're at 1200+ regs now).

Our previous event attracted attendees with a combined AUM of $1.6 trillion, including: 270 Single Family Offices, 90 Multi Family Offices, 180 Funds of Funds, 300 LPs, 570 angels, & hundreds of GPs.

For the first time, we're adding a virtual Private Networking Lounge with LPs, FoFs & FOs in addition to speakers' Zoom panels & presentations (US, EU, & UAE):

1) $1B+ Family Office panel: In what and how are we investing? RE, PE, VC & other alternatives – Shubhra Jain @ Tarsadia SFO ($2B); Neetu Puranikmath @ Cooper Family Office.

2) 2x+ DPI Club: How to return your LPs more than expected? – Justin Stebbins @ Northgate Capital ($5B); Douglas Mellinger @ Clarion Capital Partners ($1.8B)

3) Family Office Trends 2025 – Uli Maybach @ Maybach Foundation; Christian D Evans @ Pax Fortis Multi-Family Office. Moderated by Valerie Bertele @ Yellow Rocks.

4) 1st-generation UHNWI strategies: 1. Launch a SFO, or 2. Join a Multi-Family Office, or 3. Other ways to preserve & grow capital? – Shane Neman @ SFO / Neman Ventures; Lisa Morris @ AKS Single Family Office.

5) How to Grow AUM of a Fund in 2025: Best Fundraising Practices for PE, VC, RE, & Hedge Funds – David Butler @ Argosy Real Estate Partners ($3.6B); Jaclyn Baumgarten @ IDC Ventures ($650M AUM, IDC Network $2.5B); Ed H. @ Arena LP ($3.4B).

6) Why FoFs exist, and why LPs accept double-layer fees? – Chuck Tedeschi @ Top Tier Capital Partners ($8B); Scott Sherman @ Mesa Lane Capital Partners.

7) How to harness AI for sourcing, evaluation, and reporting? – Logan Allin @ Fin Capital.

8) How Governments Can Attract Capital, Innovations & Talent by Focusing on Venture Studios? – Preslav Panayotov @ VentureWaves Innovation Network

9) State of Venture Q3 2024 – Benjamin Lawrence @ CB Insights.

10) $2T growing Private Credit Market & what it means for Private Credit Secondaries – Brett Hickey @ StarMountain Capital ($4B+).

11) Collaboration between Family Offices, Venture Studios, VC Funds, & Corporations – Ahmed Nasser Al Nowais @ Annex Investments; Daniela Plattner @ Palm Venture Studios; Marc Wesselink @ venturerock.

12) What do our private banking clients want to invest in? Our portfolio construction – Orley J. Pacheco @ Wells Fargo ($2T)

@margauxmaccoll @ @TechCrunch, @SaacksAttack @ @BusinessInsider, Abby Schultz @ @barronsonline, @theMetz will moderate some of the panels

More speakers/moderators on the website.

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Super proud of my wife for her third Boston Marathon Qualification at the Indianapolis Marathon. 3:43 Boston Qualifier time!

#marathon #inspiring #athlete #running

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@gandycoach Yes

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@pharmaprodigy @rleuty_biotech Maybe more like life science investor bingo?

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Go NY!

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We found 101 universities across 31 states with at least 5 unicorn founders among their alumni. #California leads with 18; #Massachusetts and #NewYork have 10, #Pennsylvania 6. There is also a 0.85 state-wise correlation 🔃: more unicorns, more universities with 5+ founders.

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@kaythaney 🍾🙌🏽🍾

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@AlexThomp @steinhauserNH1 @SophiaCai99 https://t.co/cK8R6PIm2Q

Mel Brooks predicted this…

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Super proud of my wife for another fantastic run at the @Philly_Marathon…another @bostonmarathon qualifying time! #awesome #marathoner

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Getting ready for @AndreaMurnan to run the @Philly_Marathon again tomorrow! #inspiring #runner

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell Either way, I’m with you on the general sentiment and believe that the stability of our country depends on moving past ideology, focusing on service vs winning, and learning how to compromise again. But, both parties have to be on board or this will never happen.

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell …and, will you object as loudly whether next time Republicans introduce an omnibus bill?

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell Fair enough and I don’t disagree with the sentiment. Politics have become more and more about winning and less and less about serving the country. Democrats aren’t blameless, but I’d argue that a lot of this has been driven by the GOP starting with Gingrich.

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell But what, specifically, constitutes frivolous spending for you in this Bill. You mentioned putting a cap on Ukraine spending. I find it hard to see how we would, as a country, not want to fund the national security emergency in Ukraine or the disaster relief for FL.

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell So, are you saying you disapprove of the appropriations portion of the Bill in the spirit of obstructing Democrats on purely ideological grounds, do you object to aiding our ally who is being attacked by our worst enemy, or do you object to the hurricane relief for FL?

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell …that led to the Tea Party) when this bill may have been bipartisan. Govt shutdowns for “funding gaps” were only introduced in the 70s and shutdowns were purely bureaucratic until Gingrich made them an ideological cudgel, to our country’s detriment.

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell How are appropriations to keep the govt running and aid to Ukraine (an ally invaded by our long time enemy Russia) nonsense? There was a time, before Newt Gringrich’s Contract with America began the current trend of obstructionism…

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell And, as I pointed out in my earlier tweets, the idea that pork, or earmarks, or omnibus bills are exclusive to democrats is completely off base.

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@Specialk186 @TristanSnell Pork is being thrown around pretty loosely. How is funding for Ukraine bringing dollars back to a representative’s district? https://t.co/2Ms7UxaGeR