Van Wickle Ventures

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In 2023, 2% of US startup funding went to women, highlighting the VC gender gap.
At VWV, we’re proud that 50% of our team is female-identifying and 55% of our portfolio is female-led, and we’re committed to continue fostering a diverse venture ecosystem.

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Check back regularly for updates as we share tidbits & key takeaways from our course on this page, & share this series with friends + colleagues to spread the word 🤓

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We’ve had enough of VC education being gatekept… 🙄 Starting this week, we at VWV will be launching the first 2 installments of a 13-part series based on our spring semester credit-bearing Brown University course, “From Shark Tank to Sequoia: The World of Venture Capital!”

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After receiving 70+ applications for the course, we unfortunately had to turn away many interested students due to the university-enforced 20-person cap. But learning about VC should not be confined to Brown University’s halls…

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

Venture capital gets a lot of shit, but venture capital rocks.

It's the best asset class there is.

It funds the most spectacular failures, hops on every hype train, and still delivers outstanding returns.

Venture capital is a free lunch machine.

Founders get money to pursue their outlandish ambitions.
LPs get returns.
And the world gets innovation and progress, for free.

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Feel free to reach out to [email protected] or [email protected] if you have any questions. See you all soon! ✨

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Interested in taking a class on venture capital, entrepreneurship, & emerging technologies this spring? 🦈 We’re excited to open applications for our GISP “From Shark Tank to Sequoia: The World of Venture Capital,” taught by the VWV team + sponsored by Prof. Barrett Hazeltine.

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Apply no later than Sunday Jan. 28 @ 11:59 PM ET via this form: https://t.co/VU0AVKC05C

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Looking forward to seeing you at our Coffee & Coworking event ☕️

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Join Van Wickle Ventures and Contrary at our Coffee & Coworking event at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship on 12.03.23 @ 11:00am. Work on your project and meet other students involved in the entrepreneurship community on College Hill.

Register here: https://t.co/VfkzgK5nuN

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Join Van Wickle Ventures and Contrary at our Coffee & Coworking event at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship on 12.03.23 @ 11:00am. Work on your project and meet other students involved in the entrepreneurship community on College Hill.

Register here: https://t.co/VfkzgK5nuN

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The Bulletin is out!🔥Here's what to expect in this week's issue

🏠 WeWork files for bankruptcy

🚗 A new union contract for Ford workers

🚀EP's Entrepreneurship Spotlight event

Happy reading! 📖

https://t.co/9Zx6XvZP8B

[Romeen Sheth @RomeenSheth]

Don’t overstudy outliers (e.g. billionaires)

Outliers are unique by definition.

If you obsess over analyzing how they succeeded, you'll likely pull out the wrong lessons.

If the ball bounced slightly sideways, the outcome would have been completely different.

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🚀The Bulletin #39: Biden's Push for AI Regulation, Upheavals in the Bond Market, and... is Crypto Financing Terrorism?

https://t.co/TgCx7pOTfn

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New Bulletin just dropped 🖨️

In this week's edition of The Bulletin, we cover:

📉 SBF trial on charges of fraud and money laundering

🏖️ CA bill on VC Diversity

📱The Supreme Court cases on content moderation

https://t.co/aTVeghT4Xp

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New Bulletin just dropped! 🤭📢

In this week's edition of The Bulletin, we cover

🛒 Lessons from Instacart's IPO

🎏 Japan's move to let startups sell digital tokens to VC funds

⚖️ The Lawsuit against Fearless Fund

https://t.co/9AtOpuquj1

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

AI x Games is one of the most important intersections in tech, and we're going deep

Excited to lead the Series A for Series AI -- and we're finally working with @panysaurusrex (ex Snap/Zynga/Kongregate)! Credit to @blader for the initial intro :)