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Helping F1000 enterprises with AI at Arcana Advisors Ex @fintechtoday_ cofounder (acq), @acorns PM, & writer w bylines in @qz, @theatlantic, @americanbanker +

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LP’s Are Pissed Off, & Rightfully So

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By Ian Kar
| Workweek
My wife and co GP Stevie is an LP in a few funds. If it comes up she will absolutely remind you—because of how pissed off she is about it. Not all LP’s are created equally—Stevie decided to be an LP because she was told it was a great way for women to get generational wealth. And, yet, a few years later, a lot of her funds aren’t performing as well as her or the GP expected.
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This One Area Of Fintech Investing Is Still Red Hot

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By Ian Kar
| Workweek
Across the board, almost every stat in venture capital is down between 2021 and 2022. It’s sorta depressing to see. But interestingly, there was one major data point that reached record highs in 2022: the percentage of early stage deals that corporate venture firms are in participating in within fintech went up from 55% in 2021 to 69% in 2022, according to a new CBInsights report. CVC, as its also known, is when institutions or companies write checks into a startups round.
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The Real Reason Most VC’s Incubate Companies

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By Ian Kar
| Workweek
Ian’s Note: If incubation and working with Vol. 1 Ventures sounds interesting to you after reading this, shoot me a note by replying to this email! Over the past few months we’ve been working on building an incubation program at Vol. 1 Ventures, and have been working with a few companies we hope to spin out from the fund in a year or so. So far, Stevie and I have learned a few things: Incubation is fun! Incubation is fucking hard! Incubation isn’t for everyone.
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