Solo-GP #1: Victor Li, The Winning Together Fund: A core focus on building an LP Community

"Solo-GP Series" ep. 1, with Victor Li, Solo-GP @ The Winning
Together Fund and On Deck Angels Fellow.


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Even more startup founders are onboarding in their captable non
traditional VC firms, in the form of Solo-GPs, via nano-funds or
syndicates.


Most of the time, these Solo-GPs are operators-investors, meaning
that they have a dual profile


on one hand their run their startups or are part of a
fast-growing startup as a key hire, and

on the other hand they are growing a deal flow and a
community of founders & LPs which allows them to raise a
nano-fund or develop a syndicate



Over the past 3 years, we have been witnessing this increasing
population of such Solo-GPs.


Still some operators with this potential profile have not
launched yet, for various reasons


they are unsure about their value-add

they are unsure about how to structure it

they are unsure about quality & repeatability of their
deal-flow…



... and many other questions.


That is why I am launching with the help of On
Deck a short series Called “Solo-GP Series” to help you
kickstart your thinking about becoming an operator-investor /
Solo-GP. In this short “Solo-GP Series” podcast series, you’ll
understand


how to identifyyou actually have a deal flow and how to
develop and nurture it
the tipping point to launch as a Solo-GP

how to craft a compelling thesis

how to build an LP community …



… plus so much more.


I am myself in the process of launching my solo-gp pre-seed/seed
fund, Olive Capital, focusing on web 2.0 and web3 European
founders driving change in the way we Create, Collaborate and
Communicate.. If you are raising fund, send us your deck! We’re
also building a platform with scouts, ecosystem partners, talents
for our portfolio companies, and we are organizing LP Dinners in
cities part of our ecosystem. If you want to learn more, head to
olivecapital.vc.


In this first episode of the “Solo-GP Series”
podcast, we get to know Victor Li, repeat
founder with Inoki Bathhouse an ecommerce company, and Onova a
corporate innovation company. Victor is also an On Deck Angel
Fellow and a Solo-GP: about a year ago, Victor launched
The Winning Together Fund, a micro fund with a
true community-DNA investing in early-stage startups.


In this 4-part episode, Victor shares with us a considerable
amount of insights and actionable pieces of advice while driving
us through


how & why he became an entrepreneur

how he started investing, his initial source of dealflow, his
first checks and first investment decisions

how he started to add value to the startups he has been
backing

his long term vs short term objectives of being a Solo-GP

how his thesis was becoming clearer along the way

why Victor is building an incentivized LP community

how to balance between being an operator and an investor..



.. plus so much more.


I am sure you will love this episode, lets get right in.


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These podcasts are produced by UPCOMINGVC upcoming.vc, created
and hosted by Raphael Grieco.