My thoughts on how the Venture Capital (VC) industry has traditionally trailed behind other asset classes in the adoption of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices despite a growing body of evidence pointing to the materiality of ESG factors in assessing risk and opportunity at the early stage.
Read MoreI was asked to comment on the impact of the coronavirus on the startup & VC industry in the US by my Aussie colleagues back home so I thought it might be helpful to others to repost my email here (A re-post from LinkedIn).
Read MoreLast week, a Partner and I sat down with one of our portfolio companies for some good old pitch deck 'surgery'. The founder was having trouble distilling the complex 25 slides down into the recommended 10. Here is the toolkit I wish I had when I was pulling my own deck together.
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