Post by Grant LaGaipa

I speak with asset managers about fundraising every day… One of the clearest patterns in institutional fundraising: the managers who get to a first close fastest aren't the ones who pitch the most rooms. They're the ones who figured out which rooms to be in. The First Close Blueprint is our attempt to give emerging managers that map. 130+ allocators, programs, and advisors across the full ecosystem, as part of the Emerging Manager Fundraising Playbook published this week. Some of the institutions covered: AAAIM Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) AQVC (AlphaQ Venture Capital) Asia Alternatives Management LLC Bivium Capital Partners, LLC Black Women in Venture Capital BLCK VC Cambridge Associates Coolwater Capital Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) Emerging Allocators Association (EAA) FSD Africa GCM Grosvenor Hamilton Lane Investisseurs & Partenaires - I&P Jada Fund of Funds Kuramo Capital Management Lonsec Mastercard Foundation Screendoor Stable Asset Management StepStone Group The Investment Diversity Exchange (TIDE) Spark TIFF Investment Management VC Include Xponance, Inc. Access the First Close Blueprint here: https://lnkd.in/d3WtAw8p Did we miss anyone? Please let us know, and we’ll add them to the list. Full playbook link in the comments.