NextGen Newsletter - January 2021
NextGen Newsletter - January 2021
NextGen is a 20+ year old community supporting each new generation of venture capital talent.
Hey folks, Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a restful holiday break and are ready to tackle the new year (2021 is off to a rocky start, but here’s hoping we’ll be hanging out at our NextGen happy hours sooner rather than later post vaccine rollout).
We have a fun request this month! We’re on a mission to highlight *amazing* investors in our community that deserve more recognition. Who consistently introduces you to the most amazing founders / operators? Who’s developed the most thoughtful thesis in recent memory? Who is just an all around A+ human being? We’d love to hear your answers. Shoot me a one-liner note at shawn@floodgate.com, it’d mean a lot!
Thanks,
Shawn and the NextGen Board
Investors You Should Watch 👀
Alejandro Guerrero was promoted to General Partner at Act One Ventures! Alejandro has been leading the charge on an effort to add diversity clauses to term sheets, and has been an incredible advocate for underrepresented founders and investors.
Brittany Walker from CRV and Justine Humenansky from Playground Global recently launched The Table, a newsletter highlighting women in enterprise technology.
Caitlin Bolnick recently joined CRV after having been an investor at OpenView Partners.
Zak Kukoff recently joined General Catalyst as their newest Principal after having spent several years as an investor at Emergence Capital. He also happens to have one of the funniest accounts on Twitter! Find him at @zck
Content You Should Check Out 📚
Breaking Into Early Stage VC: Fantastic resource on how to get a job in venture from Shasta’s Kenn So.
Building The Middle Class of the Creator Economy: Latest essay from Atelier Ventures’ Li Jin; great read on long tail creators.
Lessons Learned From Shutting Down Atrium: Tweetstorm from Goat Capital’s Justin Kan on biggest takeaways after raising $75M and then closing up shop.
Non-Obvious Lessons from 100+ Angel Investments: Writeup from Pipedream CEO Tod Sacerdoti on the 7 learnings he’s internalized from being an angel.
The Next Big Thing in 2021: Collection of predictions from 50 of tech’s top thinkers, curated by Nikhil Basu Trivedi.
Top 10 Trends for 2021: Predictions for the year from CRV’s Justine and Olivia Moore.
Jobs You Should Share 🤓
Associate, CapitalG (email jeremyzhu@capitalg.com)
Analyst / Senior Associate, High Alpha (email seth@highalpha.com)
Thanks for reading! If you have questions, feedback, or content you’d like to share in our February newsletter, please shoot a note over to shawn@floodgate.com.