Eric Sippel the Emerging Manager Mentor: Guidance from the Family Office Investor on Twelve LPACs

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Eric’s background in venture and investing (0:02)
• Lessons from a Bottom Decile Experience (2:20)
• Motivation to Enter the Venture Capital Space (3:45)
• Challenges for New LP Allocators (6:08)
• Supporting Emerging Managers (7:35)
• Specialists vs. Generalists (10:53)
• Judging New Fund Managers (16:24)
• Attributes for Winning in Fund Management (18:57)
• Insider Segment: Building Teams in Venture Capital (21:00)
• Starting in Venture Capital (27:02)
• Future of Venture Capital (28:14)
• Finding Family Offices (31:16)
• Investing through fund of funds (34:32)
• Engagement with LPAC (38:02)
• Follow-on strategy and tiered investment (40:24)
• Challenges and advice for emerging managers (45:03)

Eric Sippel is an esteemed philanthropist and investor. He currently runs his family office and is an active investor and adviser to real estate, venture capital, and hedge funds. Previously, he was the COO of Eastbourne Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund firm, and a Partner at Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg, where he was a nationally recognized hedge fund and venture capital lawyer.  Eric graduated from Stanford Law with Distinction and Wesleyan University with Honors in General Scholarship. Eric has served on many nonprofit boards, including his current role as Chair of Goodwill of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin Counties.

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