Episode 75
E75: Insight Partners’ Direct and Fund of Funds Strategy
How I Invest with David Weisburd
July 9, 202418m 20s
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Show Notes
Dionne Chingkoe and Samer Yousif of Insight Partners sit down with David Weisburd to discuss Insight’s direct and fund of funds investment strategies. They cover the importance of adding value beyond capital to both founders and emerging managers, the landscape of multi-stage VCs investing in emerging managers, and check size driving fund strategy for GPs.
Insight Partners’ 20/20 Vision Capital Fund supports diverse-led, top-tier, early-stage venture funds providing growth and seed capital to companies in the US and abroad. Insight believes that partnering and investing with these GPs is an effective way to drive much needed diversity in the venture capital industry.
(0:00) Episode preview
(0:56) Insight Partners’ strategy
(2:08) Providing value-add and flexible capital
(3:48) Samer Yousif's journey to Insight
(6:09) Adding value to emerging managers
(8:39) How emerging managers differentiate
(12:09) Check size driving fund strategy
(16:14) Evaluating GP performance
(17:38) Closing remarks