Janus Venture Partners’ action plan towards creating a more inclusive venture industry The venture capital industry has a major diversity problem that is both stark and systemic — and the statistics are startling. Entrepreneurs of color receive less than 1/3 of the total startup dollars as compared to their white…

by John Cambier The tightness of the current labor market has, among other things, increased the urgency and budgets for companies to streamline and automate workflows. With 11.3M job openings in the US at the end of January 2022 — up 60% from a year ago — it’s now less…

Calling all aspiring VCs! As one of the oldest and most active early-stage venture capital firms in the Southeast, IDEA Fund Partners’ investment philosophy has been honed from years of experience. …

Often times as a venture investor, people will ask you, “tell me about something that you recently invested in.” After explaining it, the most common reactions range from an expression of feigned interest to a polite counter to your thinking and why the company may not work. Every so often…

My High-Level Predictions for the Next 5–10 Years By Chris Langford, Partner One of the innate abilities that I was fortunate enough to be endowed with was the ability to process a ton of information and see the connective tissue among disparate data points. …

Calling all aspiring VC’s — join us! As one of the oldest and most active early-stage venture capital firms in the Southeast, IDEA Fund Partners’ investment philosophy has been honed from years of experience. …

By John Cambier, Managing Partner This past June, we made the 15th new investment out of IDEA Fund III, leading the Seed round for RightRev, Inc. a software company headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. …

OVERVIEW IDEA Fund Partners is seeking ambitious, engaged, and intellectually curious candidates to join the Venture Fellows program, assisting with an array of firm matters and examining the next generation of startups and innovation. This internship is open to undergraduate and graduate students, with an approximate time commitment of 10–15hours…

By Joe Darcy, Principal One of the first pieces of advice I received when breaking into VC (shout out to Whitnie at First Round) was to listen to Harry Stebbings’ 20 Minute VC podcast. …