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How to Launch a Successful VC Fund | Winter Mead, Founder and CEO of Coolwater Capital
May 17, 2024
Winter Mead, Founder of Coolwater Capital, discusses launching a successful VC fund, emphasizing the Fund Launch Program's core components. Topics include fundraising strategies, long-term management, entering biotech financing, creating a strong institutional VC firm, strategic fund management, and the importance of a mission-driven approach to success in venture capital.
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- Coolwater Capital provides structured support for emerging managers in launching VC funds.
- Winter Mead emphasizes the importance of being mission-driven and mentally resilient for success in VC.
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Cool Water Capital is an incubator and accelerator for emerging investment funds, focusing on finding great investors with a proven track record and supporting them in launching, building, and managing their firms. Winter, the founder, explains his journey from working in San Francisco startups to institutional limited partner investment shops, providing insights on building a successful firm and the challenges faced along the way.
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