Airstream Alpha Interviewed by Oper8r
The Airstream Alpha team was recently interviewed by Oper8r. They covered a breadth of topics. Here's a run down: One of the key unknown unknowns of starting a micro-VC is…
Fund Financial Budget Template
We often have conversations with investors that have recently founded or are considering founding their own investment fund. Successful fund managers are typically elite at sourcing and investing in great…
“Venture 101” by Venture Forward
Continuing the theme of fund modeling, Ventureforward.org has some great information on their website on how venture capital works and the fund structure in general. As we meet with new…
“If I Were Starting a Business” by Vela Wood
Navigating the legal complexities behind starting a business can get overwhelming fast! Luckily, there are good resources out there to guide you - the Vela Wood blog is a great…
Hiring a Fractional CFO
Hiring a Fractional CFO is an important decision for companies! Is the timing right for yours? Sometimes companies are too early in their life to make this move and can…
Building an Institutional Firm
Oper8r recently put out a new post highlighting their first cohort of emerging VCs. They share good insights on their thought process when helping VCs build their investment firms. It is worth…
Venture Capital & Growth Fund Reserves Modeling
Venture Capital & Growth Funds are talking to us a lot these days about reserves modeling. What exactly does that mean? When a fund makes an initial investment in a…
Startups – Hiring a Fractional CFO
Airstream Alpha was recently featured in the Forecastr Blog on Hiring a Fractional CFO. The post highlights a handful of reasons you may consider outsourcing your CFO to a specialized…
Growth Equity Fund Support with Avenir
Meet Avenir, a future-focused growth equity fund backing category-defining companies. Since launching in 2017, Avenir has led financing rounds totaling over $600 million in invested capital.Airstream Alpha has worked closely…
6 Software Tools to Supercharge Founders
In addition to CFO / financial advice, entrepreneurs often ask what tools we use to manage our time and stay organized. This blog post by Forecastr (Techstars alum) is a great place…