Sidley partner Shane Goudey had an insider segment (16:08-22:58) as part of a featured series on the Swimming with Allocators podcast hosted by Earnest Sweat, Founding Partner of Public School Ventures, and Alexa Binns, an angel investor and LP. He talked about when to engage legal counsel as a fund, as well as examples of placement agents and business counsel.
The full episode, “Navigating the Supercluster: Finding Signal in Venture’s Noise” featured David Zhou, Founder of the Superclusters podcast and seasoned investor. David discussed the art of venture capital from the LP perspective, including how allocators differentiate true signal from noise, the value of qualitative insights vs. quantitative data, strategies for evaluating fund managers, the importance of founder relationships, and more.
