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Reforming UK Regulation for Small Funds
The case for an Exempt Reporting Adviser regime that lowers barriers to entry
Sep 27
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Dan Gray
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Setting Rogue Agents on Venture Capital
Using AI to understand why the venture market has lost contact with reality
Sep 20
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Dan Gray
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Only 21 in 20,000 funds can repeatedly pick winners | Saul Klein
Sep 14
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Patrick Ryan
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45:23
Why we made Phoenix Court a limited company | Saul Klein
Sep 7
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Patrick Ryan
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45:06
August 2026
Building Portfolios for Different Types of Risk
Outsized returns are the product of risk, and consistent returns are the product of competently managed risk.
Aug 30
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Dan Gray
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The Futility of Ranking VC Firms
Top 100 lists are catnip for investors, even when few understand how they are scored.
Aug 23
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Dan Gray
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From Facebook's Early Days to a Solo $10M Pre-Seed Fund | Helen Min, Articulate Capital
Aug 16
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Dan Gray
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A Quarter Mile at a Time
For decades, venture capital was associated with creative destruction. Recently it has drifted toward incremental innovation, serving the incumbents it…
Aug 9
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Dan Gray
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How Chaotic Capital Bets on Founders, Pre-Idea | Alex Miller, Chaotic Capital
Aug 2
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Dan Gray
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July 2026
The SPV is Dead, Long Live the SPV
Private markets are evolving; the dominance of the ten-year fund is making way for capital deployed by flexible discretionary vehicles.
Jul 26
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Dan Gray
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Gaps in Reality
Cyan Banister on why the biggest wins come from the most unusual places.
Jul 19
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Dan Gray
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The Individual Versus the Firm
Venture capitalists tend to understand success through the lens of scale, but the pursuit of scale is the undoing of many ventures.
Jul 12
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Dan Gray
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