NextGen Newsletter - April 2024
NextGen is a 20+ year old community supporting each new generation of venture capital talent.
Hi all,
Happy April and welcome to our 36 new subscribers! Thanks to everyone who joined us at Headline’s office last week for our conversation with Partner Jett Fein on navigating your career in venture. We could all use help with directions from time to time :)
We are expanding the NextGen community! Do you have an analyst or associate on your team looking to grow their network? Forward them this email and new subscribers will get access to our exclusive events in SF, NYC, and LA this summer. Excited to see you there!
Cheers,
Tim and the NextGen Board
Events You Should Join 🎙
8th Annual San Diego Cool Companies / VC Roadshow, April 30th, San Diego
Private, invite only - meet 30 San Diego startups vetted from over 200 applications. Followed by private VC-only night at Petco Park. More than 100 VCs in attendance. Companies are across sectors such as software, cleantech, therapeutics, genomics, AI, comms, defense, cyber, etc. Cost is $95.
Register to attend here - code is SWEETDEALS
Investors You Should Watch 👀
Gabriella Brignardello has been promoted from VP to Principal at Fika Ventures.
Nandini Agarwal has been promoted from Senior Associate to Principal at ff Venture Capital.
Justin Ernest and Rahul Meka have been promoted to Principal and Senior Associate at Playground Global, respectively.
Tara Stokes, Chris Morales, Sugam Sarin, and Ishan Sinha have all been promoted to Partner at Point72 Ventures.
Content You Should Check Out 📚
Big Winners and Bold Concentration, Jason Shuman @ Primary Venture Partners analyzes returns from 150 mature VC funds to illustrate the differences between “good” and “great” funds.
2024 SaaS Benchmarks, Thomvest compiled data across 1000s of SaaS startups to offer the most up-to-date benchmarks. *Spoiler Alert* - median ARR growth has halved since 2022.
How to accelerate growth by focusing on the features you already have, a stellar article describing the “ARIA” framework for product development and key examples of how companies improved their existing features.
Hype Deflation & Inflation, Kyle Harrison @ Contrary continues to write incredible content, with this recent article taking a look at the VC hype cycle.
Jobs You Should Share 🤓
Chief of Staff, Aegis Ventures (NY)
Principal, Alumni Ventures (Boston)
Senior Associate, Commerce Ventures (SF)
Associate, Munich Re Ventures (SF)
Associate, Lowercarbon Capital (SF)
Associate, Point72 Ventures (NY)
Associate, March Capital (Santa Monica)
Associate, Red Cell Partners (DC)
Analyst, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Analyst, Touchdown Ventures (SF/Philadelphia)