The 10X Capital Newsletter

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Former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston and his business partner Nick Edwards are looking to raise $100 million for an athlete-focused venture fund.

Sam Altman’s younger brother Jack has raised a $150 million venture fund to invest in early-stage startups through his VC firm Alt Capital, the younger Altman said in an interview.

Giant Ventures, a U.K.-based VC that has made a habit of investing on both sides of the Atlantic, is launching two new funds, totaling $250 million.

It was easy to find investors for the new fund, which will focus on software and crypto.

A Northern Kentucky venture capital firm appears to have made a key first close on its second – and largest – fund to date, according to a filing submitted last week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Practica Capital announced the final closing of its third vintage and largest fund to date at an €80 million hard cap.

Wonder Ventures is the latest to inject additional capital at the pre-seed stage, an area where many investors continue to be bullish.

Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime VCs whose paths first crossed as children in Frankfurt, Germnay.

Learn how we're engaging with startups and other venture funds developing connectivity-centric technologies to get to the next level.

Historically, access to top-performing managers was considered the most important factor to building a successful venture capital allocation—so much so that venture capital was sometimes jokingly referred to as an “access class.”

Last week, at our first StrictlyVC evening of the year, prominent AI investors Elad Gil and Sarah Guo joined us in San Francisco to talk about how they think about AI investing…

I interviewed Chris Dixon about how online writing helped him climb to the top spot on the Forbes’ Midas List.

⬛ Startups going from raising a Seed Sound to Series A round is ~28 months. This is for the median $1M+ round for 2023. Top quartile is 12 months.

I meet so many emerging managers who reference the "be non-consensus and right" post without focusing on the most important piece - being right.

Your investors hold extensive networks that can be invaluable for warm introductions to potential customers, advisors, and candidates. Making this process seamless for your investor is key. Here's a straightforward guide to assist you.

A strong brand helps in various ways: it provides social proof, establishes credibility as an expert, and keeps a VC's name at the forefront for founders and fellow investors.