This newsletter is late but worth the wait... The TIDE Virtual Conference was THE BEST virtual investment conference of 2020. But don't take our word for it. Here's what movers and shakers had to say...
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431 Registered, 394 attended, 31 sponsors, 8 partners |
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And here are a few pictures to prove it.. |
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Which theme did you like the best?
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And let us not forget the top notch women featured
on the line-up...
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Follow up from the conference... Here are some items that attendees requested:
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158 Asset Owners/Consultants/FoF/MoM/Advisors
from 105 Unique Companies
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Abott Downing
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
ACERA
Adams Street Partner
Advocate Aurora Health
Agility
Akron Community Foundation
Aksia
Alaska Permanent
American Trading And Production Corporation
APG
AZ PSPRS Trust
Bayshore Global Management
Bivium
BlackRock
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Brandeis University
CalPERS
CalSTRS
Cambridge Associates
Canada Overseas
Canterbury Consulting
Cheltenham Enterprises
City of Chicago
City of Stamford
City of Vancouver
CM Capital Advisors
Coller Capital
Colonial Consulting, LLC
Columbia Investment Management Company
CommonSpirit Health
Cook County Pension Fund
CPP Investments
CSAA Insurance
Dana Group
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Delta Airlines
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DC Retirement Board
EA Global
Fingerboard Family Office at Advance
Ford Foundation
GCM Grosvenor
Getty Foundation
Gilder Office for Growth
Goldman Sachs
Gunung Capital
Hamilton Lane
Harvard Management Company
Henry Crown and Company / CC Industries
IBEW
Island Insurance
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco
Kaiser Permanent
Kamehameha Schools
Kentucky Retirement System
Kresge
LACERA
LACERS
LAFPP
Local Pensions Partnership
Lockheed Martin
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
M Health Fairview
MEABF
Meketa Investment Group
Merrimac Corp
Missouri Foundation for Health
Muller & Monroe
NEPC
New Mexico Educational Retirement Board
NYC Comptroller, Bureau of Asset Management
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NYC Board of Education Retirement System
NYS Common Retirement Fund
OCERS
OPERS
OPTrust
OTPP
Pacific Life Fund Advisors
PBUCC
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Saudi Aramco
Seattle City ERS
SEIU
Sempra Energy
SFERS
State Board of Administration of Florida
State of Rhode Island
StepStone Group
Stonehage Fleming
Texas TRS
The Broad Family Office and Foundations
Top Tier Capital Partners
Trinity Church Wall Street
Trust Initiative
Tsangs Group
UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
UC Regents
UPMC
UTIMCO
Vernal Point Advisors
Verus
Wellesley College
Wilshire Associates
Women of the World Endowment
Yale New Haven Health System
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Want to work for the family office fund affiliated with the owners of the San Francisco 49ers? You're in luck! They are tapping into TIDE's network to look for a diverse pool of talent. Their ideal candidate is someone 2-3 years out of college and who has an interest in working at the intersection of sports, investing and technology. See the job section below for more details. |
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Don't Forget... The Retirement Board of the Municipal Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago is requesting proposals from qualified firms interested in providing International Small Cap investment management services. Please review and complete the following documents by visiting this link. Necessary guidelines, requirements, timetables, and contacts can be found in the RFP document. Responses are due by 3:00 PM CST on October 19, 2020. The Quiet Period for this search begins when the RFP is issued and ends when the investment manager is selected by the MEABF Board of Trustees or the process is declared to be complete.
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Purvi Gandhi and Veronica Wu worked together from 2016 through 2020 successfully partnering to institutionalize a new model that Wu had set out to build in 2015. Via their model, they partnered with hundreds of operator angels to access the highest quality tech deals in early and growth stage, largely in Silicon Valley and selectively also in other parts of US and Europe. This model showed strong results by 2020 with a dozen unicorns and 1 IPO from early stage portfolio and two IPOs from growth stage portfolio in less than 5 years with a high level of distributions to the investor. Wu tapped into the top operator angels to build partnerships while Gandhi led the broader institutionalization of the platform to implement rigor in due diligence, thus created in a balanced portfolio that generated strong IRR and liquidity. They also raised significant capital from an institutional investor to continue putting larger checks in follow-on rounds of the top early stage companies.
Gandhi & Wu have now spun out to set up their own firm in Silicon Valley called Minerva-Tech Ventures. Fundamental to their model and highly differentiated from most VCs is their partnership with the wide, deep and highly fragmented network of operator angels who gain early access to deals and then as a company’s round has institutional VC firm in lead, they will bring in Minerva-Tech.
Stay tuned for their TIDE Ten interview of Patrick Tsang, Chairman of Tsangs Group.
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Which event should we host next?
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Virtual Consultant Roundtable
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Virtual Fundraising Best Practices
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Other - I am ready to meet in-person in a small setting
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Non-Profit Highlight of the Month... A non-profit near and dear to TIDE's very own Kim Au, who is based in Ireland, is Mi-WOW. Mi-WOW is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund under the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020.
Mi-WOW trains migrant women and prepares them for the Irish workforce via hard and soft skill training. The majority of the women involved in the scheme were university educated in their home country but were employed in lower skilled jobs in retail/ hospitality due to a variety of factors. Unfortunately the Irish workforce has a long way to go to highlight awareness around this issue.
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The industry's best kept secret! Want to be in the know? Watch the insightful TIDE Ten interviews of industry professionals. Get the inside scoop before reaching out to these movers and shakers. You're welcome. :) |
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Audrey Wang
& Stephen McCourt
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Ron Falls Jr.
& Daniel Ingram
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Dolores Muñoz
& Rodrigo Garcia
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To access prior episodes, please click on the button below. |
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Investment Associate (Pre MBA) – Aurum Partners LLC, Santa Clara, CA
POSITION: Investments Associate, Pre-MBA
Aurum Partners LLC, is a family office fund affiliated with the owners of the San Francisco 49ers, looking to invest in all asset classes across the capital structure in both the public and private markets. In the private markets, the focus is on early stage and growth equity investment and co-investment opportunities in sports, technology and adjacent markets where the fund’s portfolio companies can leverage the 49ers access and network to help drive product adoption and accelerate growth. Aurum Partners take a long-term view on all its direct investments, working closely with entrepreneurs to help build their businesses into market-leading companies.
LOCATION: Santa Clara, CA
TIMING: Immediate
CAREER PATH: This is a 2-3 year program. This position represents a unique opportunity to gain differentiated experience working for an entrepreneurial and dynamic private equity fund associated with the world’s preeminent professional sports franchise
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Associate will be responsible for providing support to the partners in all aspects of potential and active investments. Main day-to-day responsibilities will involve performing financial analyses, pricing analyses, and conducting research and due diligence.
- Financial modeling and valuation analyses
- Conduct financial and business (e.g. industry analyses, competitive position, growth prospects) diligence and evaluate new product development and acquisitions
- Compiling and writing investment memos and presentations
- Participating in management calls, company meetings, industry conferences, etc.
- Participating in investment committee meetings
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 2-3 years as an analyst at a top investment bank or VP/PE firm, preferably in Technology, Media or M&A
- Very strong analytical skills including strong background in financial/operational modeling and valuation
- Experience conducting company due diligence, research, interacting with management teams, etc.
- Experience writing investment memos and investment presentations
- Excellent attention to detail, strong work ethic, team player
- Demonstrated strong interest in financial markets and sports industry
- Strong academic background with Bachelor's Degree (or higher) from a top tier school
CONTACT:
If you meet the above qualifications, please email CIO Brano Perkovich with subject Investment Associate (Pre MBA) - TIDE.
Posted 10/07/2020
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GCM Grosvenor SEM 2020
October 22 & 29
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This year, the GCM Grosvenor Small and Emerging Managers Conference’s will meet online. Despite the new setting, the mission remains the same: to raise the visibility of small, emerging, and diverse investment managers while providing institutional investors access to these managers. The Conference helps forge long-lasting relationships by facilitating connections between managers and investors in a welcoming community of talented industry colleagues.
The agenda will include:
+ Investment strategy-specific content
+ LP and GP networking/small group discussions
+ Industry expert panels
+ LP-only and GP-only sessions
Registration is now open!
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Backstop Beyond
October 27 & 28
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2020 has come along and challenged everyone to rethink travel, face-to-face meetings, physical events, and pretty much every not-boring way to interact with other people. That’s why we're pulling out all the stops to ensure that Backstop Beyond 2020 will be uniquely engaging and fun for you. Our October 27-28th event will be packed with content you won’t want to miss. We're especially excited about our special keynote by Owen West, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Business Insider’s "Most Badass Banker on Wall Street."
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RFK Compass Investor Virtual Summit
October 28
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During this time of urgency and opportunity in our country and the world, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Compass Investor Program is convening decision-makers from the investment sector who control close to $7 trillion in assets under management and economic and social thought leaders and activists. At our first RFK Compass Virtual Summit, we will explore the issues that are upending our society — from the COVID-19 pandemic to the widening racial and economic gaps — while identifying solutions the investment sector can implement to effect change.
As a sector that wields enormous capital, power, and influence, the investment community has profited tremendously in times of social and economic unrest, but this moment calls for a new approach as we chart a way forward.
We are excited to invite you to our fall RFK Compass Investor Virtual Summit on October 28, 2020, from 12 to 5 PM EDT, as part of an urgent call to action as we approach a critical election.
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2020 Women In Alternative Investments Virtual Career Forum
November 10-13
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Join WAVE for our fourth annual forum to learn, engage and network with industry veterans across the spectrum of careers (buyout, VC, LP, placement agents, FOFs, distressed, real estate, private credit) and continue to expand the "pipeline" of talented women in our industry.
The headlines and studies are pervasive on the gender gap in the alternatives industry and the value of diversity. The WAVE Career Forum will provide a platform for young women to learn, engage and network with industry veterans while also efficiently helping employers solve the continued issue of finding qualified female candidates across all levels of experience within the alternatives industry.
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