👋 Hey, Sahil here. Today’s edition is about a part of venture worth paying attention to: the next generation of fund managers, and the LPs looking to find them early.
In partnership with SoloGPs.vc, we’re looking at the rise of solo GPs and the community bringing these managers and LPs together.
There’s an interesting shift happening in venture that doesn’t get enough attention.
More investors are choosing to run funds independently, where the GP is often the brand and investment decisions can move quickly.
But running a fund solo comes with a different set of challenges. Workload is less distributed, networks can be smaller, and many decisions that would normally be shared across a partnership ultimately sit with one person.
That could mean evaluating a deal, thinking through portfolio construction, navigating LP relationships, comparing fund operations, finding the right service providers, or simply having another experienced manager to ask, “How are you handling this?”
That gap is what SoloGPs.vc is trying to fill.
Solo doesn’t have to mean alone
SoloGPs.vc is building a dedicated community for emerging solo managers, particularly GPs running Fund I through Fund IV.
The community already includes 50+ solo GPs sharing the practical side of running a fund: deals, LP relationships, fund operations, co-investments, tools, and the challenges that rarely make it into polished VC conversations.
Members connect through monthly office hours, quarterly virtual sessions, and a private community designed for the kind of peer learning and knowledge sharing that can be harder to access when you’re running a fund independently.
But this October, they’re taking that community offline.
A room designed around solo GPs and LPs
On October 19 and 20, SoloGPs.vc is bringing its community together in San Francisco for the Solo GP Summit.
The Solo GP Summit is curating programming where solo GPs will meet LPs interested in backing them, while continuing to foster a community designed to support managers throughout the lifetime of their funds.
And this is where I think it becomes particularly interesting for LPs.
Finding established venture firms isn’t difficult. Finding promising emerging managers early, understanding how they actually invest, and building relationships with them before they become widely known is much harder.
Rather than creating another massive venture conference, the Solo GP Summit is designed around a more curated environment for real conversations between managers and allocators.
The Solo GP Summit takes place just before RAISE Global, with the kickoff on October 19 and the main Solo GP Summit on October 20. Pricing goes up October 1. The first 5 registrations with coupon code VENTURECREW get 50% off.
The current lineup includes managers across Fund I through Fund VIII, including Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Brianne Kimmel (Worklife Ventures), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures), Gale Wilkinson (VITALIZE Venture Capital), and Pat Matthews (Active Capital), with more speakers and LP guests still to be announced.
For LPs and family offices looking at emerging managers, that’s the real opportunity: meeting a concentrated group of fund managers in one place, getting beyond the fundraising deck, and starting relationships with managers they might otherwise never encounter.
Why I think this is worth watching
Being a solo GP offers independence, but independence doesn’t have to mean operating in isolation.
As more investors build smaller, values-driven firms, the ecosystem around them needs to evolve too. Peer communities, LP networks, operating resources, co-investment relationships, and places where managers can openly exchange what’s actually working become increasingly valuable.
SoloGPs.vc is building that layer.
And it brings another important part of that ecosystem into the room: LPs interested in discovering and backing solo emerging managers.
If you're an LP or family office looking for emerging venture managers, or a solo GP building your fund, the Solo GP Summit is worth being in the room for
Don’t wait on this one: Solo GP Summit pricing goes up October 1, and applying and requesting the invite before then locks in the current rate
Request an invite for the October 19-20 gathering in San Francisco.
Applying? The first 5 registrations will get 50% off. “VENTURECREW” Coupon Code for 50% off, and in the “invited by” field of the community or event application, mention “Sahil S Venture Crew”.
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