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French Riviera πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

Reporting to you live from the Cote d'Azure, I'm here for the 10th edition of IPEM (International Private Equity Market) in Cannes which officially kicks off tomorrow. It has been known to be "mostly French" until recent years as it attracts more of the international crowd. I've been told it's huge like SuperReturn Berlin but with a trade show feel. It's my first time attending so I'm quite looking forward to it!

Thank you to the IPEM team for having TIDE as a guest! πŸ₯‚
Have you heard of IPEM?
Yes, I'm in the know. πŸ˜‰
No, not until now! πŸ€”
What comes after Cannes?

Miami. AIMA. iConnections. MFA. Breakers. The entire week of January 29th will be events galore.

On that note, if you're an LP, I'll be co-hosting a dinner at Nobu on Wednesday, January 31st with Azora Capital. Please feel free to email paul@azoracapital.com.

Ps. Come watch John, Sasha, Angela, and me on stage as we discuss with Owen how companies can attract talent in a competitive world. Show me the money! πŸ’°

Thank you to Diana Arakelyan for inviting us to be part of this discussion!
Back by Popular Demand

For those who have made the trek out to Albany in the past for the NYSTRS & Common conferences, you know that after dinner everyone just hangs out at the hotel bar.

BUT, last year we decided to do something different. Marcos had a great idea to switch it up. The cool kids decided to do some axe throwing. πŸͺ“

We have a few more spots left so RSVP today

Btw, Palladium just closed on a $450M continuation vehicle. Congrats!!! πŸ₯‚πŸΎ
TIDE International UpdateπŸŽ‘πŸ’‚πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

TIDE is officially in the throes of international expansion. Our US operations will continue as normal while TIDE International represents our efforts to amplify the underrepresented voices on a global scale. We plan to partner with many organizations to promote diversity. Here in Europe, the focus is predominantly on gender.

We are so excited to share this journey with all of our supporters so much so that we're already planning our TIDE International event...
TIDE London Pop-up Event

Which means, time to block out your calendar! We'll be hosting a TIDE pop-up event in London on April 4th. The event will be held in the 1 Hotel Mayfair. With only 100 spots available, we already have about 20 of UK LPs signed up! πŸ™ŒπŸ»

As per usual, we have scoured the globe to bring together an impressive speaker roster for our sponsors. We have confirmed industry's bests Marcie Frost, CEO of CalPERS and Eduard van Gelderen, CIO of PSP Investments.

Keep your eyes peeled for more speaker announcements...

Check out the Tentative Agenda here.

LPs and TIDE SPARK 2024 sponsors can register using this link: http://tidelondon.splashthat.com

Password: TIDELONDON24

Registration is subject to approval. One pass per sponsorship.

Due to capacity constraints, this particular event is reserved for sponsors and LPs but we hope to bring future events to the TIDE network.

Nominate a Rising Star πŸ’«

While it's important to know the decision makers of today, we must not ignore the future leaders of tomorrow.

Often times we network with only those who can help us now instead of who we can help pull up the ladder in the future.

But of course, TIDE is here to flip the script.

Last year we featured a Rising Star Panel. It was a breakout session that was very well regarded that many have requested to be featured on the main stage this year.

So now, here's your chance to select who we should feature for TIDE SPARK 2024! πŸ™ŒπŸ»

Nominations for the TIDE Rising Stars of 2024 are now open. Please see link in comment below.

London Ladies

In celebration of our move across the pond, we hosted a "Weekend Social" in the TIDE London HQ aka my place. A group of us ladies in the industry got together to connect and mingle. The theme was Spice girls, with an unusually high proportion of Posh Spices at the get together!

Special birthday shout-out to our favourite Baby Spice Tingting Peng.
Ending 2023 Strong...

TIDE had the honor of representing at SuperInvestor Zurich and SuperReturn North America at the end of 2023. Special thanks to Stephen Ashiotis and the SuperReturn team for having us!

Zurich: We led an LP-only discussion along with Marie Luchet of AXA titled "DEI within private markets: What role do LPs play?"

Our very own Carolina Siles also chaired day two of the conference.

NYC: We moderated a panel discussion on how far the industry has come in advancing diversity featuring Kirk Sims, Sara Zukosky, Marlene Timberlake D'Adamo and Raudline Etienne.

Side note: Stephen mentioned that next year's SuperInvestor event location in Monaco was inspired by TIDE! 😊
Ladies Who Lunch

In between all of the conferences and events, we squeezed in a ladies luncheon with an impressive group of women in the industry at the Aman Club - only the most exclusive club on planet earth. Just one of many benefits from being friends with Quyen. πŸ‘‘
Partnerships with Love 🫢🏽

We were thrilled to have partnered with 100 Women Finance to support their Global FundWomen Week 2023 in December.

TIDErettes Carolina Siles and Jessica Carlson from Lucid hosted a round table entitled "Fostering Diversity and Leadership: Strategies for Building Inclusive Early-Stage Teams".
 
We are proud to have so many of our TIDE members supporting this event including the rockstar Priya Kaftan, Chair of the volunteer committee! 

100WF partnered with Institutional Allocators for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (IADEI) and technology partner Clade.

Shout out to Sara Finley for inviting us to be part of this event!
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Events
FIIRE Chicago Event
Chicago, IL | Jan 25
AIMA Private Credit Investor Forum
Miami, FL | Jan 29
iConnections Global Alts
Miami, FL | Jan 29 - Feb 1
NYSTRS MWBE Investments and Professional Services Conference
Albany, NY | Feb 15
NYS Common Emerging Manager & MWBE Conference
Albany, NY | Feb 16
Texas TRS/ERS Emerging Manager Conference
Virtual | Feb 28
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