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- SEC Form D · Other investment fundCoolwater Capital Cohort Fund II LPExecutive Officersince 2025
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The Questions that Form an LP Investment Thesis | Winter Mead | Superclusters | S2E3
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MentionsHarvard UniversityUniversity of Oxford
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Winter Mead is the Founder and Managing Member of the investment firm Coolwater Capital, which exclusively focuses on emerging managers and technology investments. Coolwater is an academy for training, building and scaling emerging managers, a curated community of VC investors and early-stage… More on the show's page
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E26: Winter Mead of Coolwater on Building the YC for GPs
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Winter Mead, Founder and CEO of Coolwater Capital sits down with David Weisburd to discuss the importance of emerging managers and how Coolwater Capital is building the YC for GPs. We’re proudly sponsored by Bidav Insurance Group, visit lux-str.com if you’re ready to level up your insurance plans. More on the show's page
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#62 - Creating the YC of fund managers: Winter Mead, Oper8r
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MentionsSapphire Ventures
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Winter Mead grew up on a maple syrup farm in New England. After writing his grad-school thesis on technology trends in digital media, he relocated to Silicon Valley to test his own theories. Now teaching about entrepreneurship and venture capital at the Stanford University Graduate School of…
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297. How to Raise a VC Fund, The YC for Emerging Managers, and Family Office Trends (Winter Mead)
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MentionsRepublic
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Winter Mead of Oper8r joins Nick to discuss How to Raise a VC Fund, The YC for Emerging Managers, and Family Office Trends. In this episode we cover: Tell us a little more about Oper8or. Why did you leave Sapphire to start this program? Give us an overview of Oper8or? Walk us through the… More on the show's page
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Welly Sculley & Winter Mead of Oper8r on building the “YC for fund managers” and tips for launching a firm - Venture Unlocked 022
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MentionsRipple
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As the Emerging Manager world continues to grow, so does the importance of providing these managers with key education, resources, and community. Enter Oper8r , founded by Welly Sculley and Winter Mead , which is looking to become the “Y-Combinator for venture fund managers”. Prior to launching… More on the show's page
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#OpenLP: Winter Mead and David Booth
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Winter Mead (@wintmead), an LP formerly of Sapphire, and David Booth (@david__booth), co-founder and CEO of OnDeck, join Erik on this episode. They discuss: - Assessing fund managers from an LP perspective, and what it means to be “too diversified” in VC. - Enabling the next generation of GPs. -… More on the show's page
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Investor Stories 236: Lessons Learned (Mead, Suissa, Foxe Blader)
MentionsWinter MeadYanev Suissa
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Winter Mead, Yanev Suissa, and Ruth Foxe Blader. Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. Did you miss our guests full length episodes?… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 227: Post Mortems (Hung, Requarth, Mead)
MentionsBrian RequarthJonathan HungWinter Mead
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jonathan Hung Brian Requarth Winter Mead Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests full length episodes? For other great episodes,… More on the show's page
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