How LPs Source and Diligence Emerging VCs with Raida Daouk
About Event
Understanding how LPs source and diligence emerging managers is one of the highest-leverage things a Fund I or II GP can do. Done well, it changes who you spend time with, how you position yourself, and how you prepare for the questions that make or break a commitment.
In this 60-minute session, Raida Daouk of Amkan Ventures sits down with Myrto Lalacos of The Emerging VC and walks emerging GPs through how a fund of funds investing in emerging managers actually finds, evaluates, and commits to the GPs it backs.
What we'll cover:
Where LPs actually source emerging managers, and the channels most GPs overrate
The diligence framework a fund of funds applies when evaluating Fund I and II managers
The questions LPs ask that emerging managers most consistently fumble
What separates the Fund Is that pass LP diligence from the ones that don't
What material do you need to prepare to pass LP diligence with a fund of funds as an emerging VC
Who should attend:
Emerging GPs raising Fund I or II. Aspiring fund managers preparing to enter their first LP conversations. Emerging managers curious about what happens on the LP side before and after your pitch.
About the speaker
Raida Daouk is the Founder and Managing Partner of Amkan Ventures, a $10M fund of funds backing emerging venture managers in the United States. She also runs Amkan Advisory, working with a select group of family offices to shape and execute their venture strategies. Before Amkan, she was Venture Partner at B&Y Venture Partners and Bridge Capital Holding, with a focus on global venture capital in the MENA region.
About the host
Myrto Lalacos is the founder of The Emerging VC, an independent platform for the next generation of fund managers. After years inside VC and helping launch more than 1,900 emerging GPs at VC Lab, Myrto now writes, hosts, and convenes the conversations that shape how the new generation of fund managers and VC leaders think and build.
Presented by:
The Emerging VC An independent platform with curated resources for new and emerging VC managers.