VC Confidential

Following the January 3rd guilty verdict for Theranos Founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes in federal court, Gillian and Anne dive into the further responsibilities of

Gillian and Anne explore how venture capital funds form, market, and express their investment theses. Founders need to know which VC to pitch for capital,

Term sheets are one of the critical pieces to success in venture investing. They come after due diligence and before investment documents. Gillian & Anne

Gillian and Anne talk about Boards of Directors. They covered this topic at a high level in a 2020 episode here at VC Confidential, ‘Why

Gillian and Anne delve into warrants. Just one of the forms of venture debt, a warrant is such a useful investment instrument and so few

Gillian and Anne delve into what LPs should expect from investor updates, and how GPs and Managing Directors can prepare valuable LP updates for both

In their continuing crusade to rip the lid off the opaque corner of private fin ace known as venture capital, Gillian and Anne drill into

While large VC Funds seem like a lot of money to invest in entrepreneurs, the expenses of running a fund over a 10-year life (on

Gillian & Anne welcome Denis Dunlap to this episode to discuss how venture debt works, and how it differs from conventional VC equity deals. Venture

Amid a rising clamor to become an angel or venture investor, even among people who do not meet the Securities and Exchange Commission’s strict rules

Anne & Gillian welcome Diane Fraiman, Managing Director at Voyager Capital, founded in 1997. With more than $520 million under management, Voyager invests in B2B

Returns from conventional venture capital funds have lagged below those from public market investing consistently and stubbornly since 1997. That is more than two decades. 

Deservedly called the riskiest asset class, Venture Capital has underperformed public markets for decades, and since 1997 less cash has been returned to VC investors

Gillian and Anne take a look at where venture capital investors will be looking in the coming months as the world eases out of lockdown

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Gillian and Anne talk about women funders today. Knowing the sad stats about female founders receiving a pittance of conventional

The Securities and Exchange Commission of the US Federal government in 1982 set minimum qualifications for people to make private investments, to “protect investors from

It’s back to basics with a review of investment vehicles commonly used in Venture Capital, starting the Convertible Notes and Safes (Simple Agreement for Future

What does leading a deal mean? What does a Deal Lead do? Why is it important to have one? Why don’t entrepreneurs lead their own

Gillian and Anne talk about how conventional VCs think. Debunking some conventional wisdom commonly said by VCs versus what actually goes on in VC funding,

Gillian & Anne take a look at DEAL or DATA rooms and share some information about when to create them, what to put inside, how

Briefly put, a portfolio construction model is a method of determining whether and how a Venture Capital fund is going to make enough money to

Gillian & Anne are back with more on basic Venture Capital investing methods, this time explaining sidecars and what they are generally used for (beside

Gillian and Anne review trends emerging from the tumult of 2020 that are not going back in the genie’s lamp, especially increased investing in diverse

Anne and Gillian take a look back at 2020, the year we are all really glad to see come to an end. Oh, what a

Launching IPO’s using Special Purpose Acquisition Companys has shot upward in 2020. With both the number of SPAC’s and dollars invested m ore than tripling

In venture capital, Series A sits somewhere between startup seed capital and Series B fuel for significant growth. Following on from a previous episode ‘How

Anne and Gillian talk about Special Purpose Vehicles, funding mechanisms used often by VC funds to invest in companies they might not be able to

VC firms that increased their number of female partners by just 10% saw a 1.5% increase in ROI, plus 9.7% more profitable exits. So says

Conventional VC has produced 20% of US GDP, on invested capital of less than a quarter percent of all investing. Yet, wealth gaps increased, while

Anne and Gillian continue their conversation about the effect of the Covid19 global pandemic on venture funding and the rise of ‘stakeholder capitalism’. The real

Gillian and Anne discuss reporting in Forbes magazine, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan that impact portfolios and diverse leadership get better returns than conventional

Jenn Leblanc, the author of “Changing Tides: Powerful Strategies for Female Founders” and founder herself of the Changing Tides Movement, joins Gillian and Anne to

Anne & Gillian return to their root focus, gender lens investing, with an encouraging update based on Project Sage 3.0 from Wharton’s Social Impact Initiative,

In their July 27 show, Anne & Gillian examined the role that venture capital can and should  take in building Black wealth. Conventional VC has

A strong board is vital, and a weak or ineffectual board is a disaster for investors and entrepreneurs alike, says Julianne Zimmerman, Managing Director of

This week Anne and Gillian talk with Joe Milam of Angelspan to track startup performance for better context for investor reporting, with less hyperbole and

Continuing the discussion of Structured Exit funding vehicles, Gillian and Anne dive deeper into how this relatively new funding vehicle works for both investors and

Structured exits mitigate investor risk for investors, while at the same time allowing access to upside results, says David Gitlin, an attorney at Royer Cooper

Finding the right VC for a startup is critical to building a lasting and productive relationship. Gillian and Anne detail how to determine your short

Anne and Gillian talk about Equity. Not the kind of equity that VCs purchase when they invest capital in a startup. The kind of LACK

Gillian and Anne take a deep dive into the leadership structure of venture capital firms, starting with the most common organization charts. A confusing landscape

Gillian and Anne continue by explaining what angel investors can expect when they level up to investing in venture capital funds. It’s different, and there

What do first-time venture fund investors need to know? Investing in a VC fund is quite different from investing as an angel. Gillian and Anne

There are three critical parts to success in getting to Series A funding from conventional VC’s. Gillian and Anne talk about finding the right VC

After the past few episodes on equity funding, venture debt and structured exits, Gillian and Anne tie it all together by explaining how to use

Structured exits were promoted as long ago as 2015 to angel investors as a path to earlier liquidity. What exactly does the term mean? Gillian

Do you find terms like ‘discounted cash flows’ and ‘net present value’ confusing, even mysterious? This episode is for you as Gillian helps Anne understand

In their continuing mission to clarify everything investors and entrepreneurs need to know about venture capital and how it works, Gillian and Anne unsnarl the

Continuing their new podcast about everything you — an investor, advisor or entrepreneur — need to know to best fund a startup, Anne and Gillian

Back for week two of their new VC Confidential, Gillian and Anne lay bare the pros and cons of funding your startup with conventional VC