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Listen to hear: .💸Why early stage founders are optimistic about rising capital .📉What's driving the decline in female founder sentiment .💻Why tech layoffs aren’t leading to more company starts, at least not yet.🌱How early stage company building has changed in the last year.

🎙This week on Beyond the Cap Table we’re mixing things up and doing a deep dive into the @January_VC 5th Annual Founder Research Report. My teammate Lizzie Carr joins me to discuss the data and its implications for founders and funders.

I'm excited to speak at the Women’s Venture Capital Summit next week. I'm honored to join @dunkhippo33 & Julia Moore to talk about Success Stories: Managers Who Emerged. Thanks to @courtneyrmccrea & @SaraZulkosky for leading the discussion. Let me know if you'll be there too!

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Thank you Ed for such a powerful and personal discussion. Thank you also for your support of @January_VC and other emerging managers. We all benefit from your leadership in the venture capital world. 🔗Links to full episode below.

Ed is a convener, a mentor, an advocate, and a champion for diversity. Listen in to hear: . 🔓How he broke into venture. 💵What he’s learned by investing in 400+ funds . 🌱What FCP looks for in fund managers . ❤️ The personal motivation behind his work .

I’m honored to welcome @EdGrapeNutZimm to Beyond the Cap Table! Ed is a longtime venture lawyer at @LowensteinLLP, he's a prolific angel investor, and he and @thebetsyz are founders of @close_first, a fund of funds that invests in underrepresented GPs.

Thank you Brittney for a great discussion. I’m so inspired by you and the work Pivotal Ventures is doing to invest in social progress and drive equality and access. Thank you for sharing your work with our community!.

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Some highlights include: .💥The case for investing in emerging managers and how to underwrite them before they have data.💥How the GP landscape has changed & why she’s optimistic about the future .💥What Pivotal’s diligence process looks like and what gets her to yes.

At Pivotal, Brittney focuses on fund and direct investments within the areas of women in tech, caregiving and adolescent mental health. In our wide ranging discussion, Brittney shares more about Pivotal and her advice for founders and funders. Read more:

It’s Tuesday, which means the latest episode of Beyond the Cap Table is here. This week, I’m honored to talk with @RileyBrittney, venture investor at @pivotalventures, a company created by @melindagates to advance social progress in the United States.

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