NextGen Newsletter - September 2021
NextGen Newsletter - September 2021
NextGen is a 20+ year old community supporting each new generation of venture capital talent.
Hey everyone, hope everyone’s have a great end of the summer. Crazy to say that fall is just around the corner.
First bit of news - please welcome our new NextGen VC board member Sita Chantramonklasri! Sita is based in NYC and will be helping us level up our NextGen outreach there.
Second - Sita is leading the charge on a Women in VC dinner series, starting with one held in NYC in October. If interested in joining this dinner series, please email her directly (info in the events section below).
Last but certainly not least, we’d love to hear from y’all if you have awesome people in venture you’d like to give kudos to. Please fill out our Member Spotlight here!
Thanks,
Shawn and the NextGen Board
Investors You Should Watch 👀
Burak Cendek has been promoted from principal to partner at Autotech Ventures.
Dan Kidle has been promoted to managing partner at Arboretum Ventures. He previously joined the firm as an associate in 2013.
Dorian McCorey and Muriel Foster have joined BLCK VC as Community Manager and Program Officer, respectively.
Hammad Aslam has joined Susa Ventures as an associate.
Meagan Loyst has been promoted to Associate at Lerer Hippeau.
Saad Siddiqui has been promoted to general partner. He previously joined the firm as a senior associate in 2016.
Shreyas Garg and Joanne Shang have joined IVP.
Events You Should Join 🎙
Women in Venture Dinner Series: We’re hosting an intimate dinner series for women in venture in partnership with our sponsor First Republic Bank! Our first dinner is being planned for Thursday, Oct 14 in NYC. If you’re interested in joining, please reach out directly to sita@siamcapital.com. We’ll be collecting names and will be grouping folks according to interested parties / availabilities.
Content You Should Check Out 📚
Scarcity Networks: Latest thinking from Justine Humenansky on social networks on Web3. Excellent analysis.
Building an Enterprise Ready Product: Emergence’s Yaz El-Baba’s commentary on the “user vs. chooser” dilemma, based on thoughts from key Slack product execs.
The Education Revolt: Key drivers and industry shifts in education as seen by Reach Capital’s Jomayra Herrera.
The Valley of Dunning-Kruger: Deep dive into Wave, an under the radar African fintech startup that’s just announced their $200M Series A, from Founders Fund’s Everett Randle.