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Episode List
Accion Venture Lab’s Amee Parbhoo on Early-stage Fintech
An interview with the Managing Partner of Accion Venture Lab, a leading global seed-stage investor in inclusive fintech startups.
Deals! with FT Corporate Finance & Deals Editor Arash Massoudi
An interview with the co-creator of the FT’s must-read newsletter on deal-making: Due Diligence.
Can Crypto Solve the $4 Trillion SME Financing Gap?
Thoughts on an open, permissionless protocol for capital formation.
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Portico in the FT: A Difficult Pivot Looms for Venture Capital
In this Markets Insight column for the FT, Portico’s founder argues that deglobalization, geopolitical competition, and higher rates require U.S. VC to change.
On Music NFTs
Why music NFTs are the epicenter of crypto-enabled business model innovation.
The Four Dynamics Shaping Global Private Markets
Four trends in private markets present urgent and existential risks to fund managers. It is time to take action.
The Mandala
Scenes from Samsara and the architecture of investors’ assumptions.
The Return of Anarchy
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the world irreversibly in important ways.
The Global Market for Talent
Elite labor is increasingly tradable. What does that mean?
Portico’s New Look
A refreshed brand with a refocused mission.
The DAO of (Risk) Capital
Will decentralized autonomous organizations disrupt the VC / PE model?
The Great Unlock
Several compelling products and strategic moves suggest EM private markets may be about to get a lot more exciting.
The Mission & The Model
Portico tussles with a tension between its mission and its business model. Ray Dalio states the obvious. Stablecoins, CBDCs & ZK Proofs. Nasdaq Private Market. EM SPACs. Catch-22.
Hands-on Value Creation
Blackstone is a principal beneficiary of the consolidation of alternatives / private markets. It stewards $649 billion in assets under management. According to its 10-Q, Blackstone collected $1.18…
The Winner-Take-Most World
KKR collected $1.4B in management fees last year?
The Boring Twenties?
Everyone’s expecting it to be the Roaring Twenties. But what if the Roaring decade already happened? And you missed it?!
A CDO for Secondaries?
A year or so ago I floated the idea of an index fund for EM private assets. What if there were an asset manager that could agglomerate…
New Frontiers
New markets for Portico in 2021 and beyond; investing in frontier & fragile markets; a grab bag; James Baldwin.