Bootstrap Funds: Post-Traction Investments, Access to Experts, Islamic Finance

Why start a fund?

The startup ecosystem is experiencing a series of changes that can't be ignored:- cambrian explosion of funding availability- more value is being created on private markets- going from zero to one is no longer a dark art - ie more talented operators, more infrastructure to build quickly and cheaplyChange is coming to the VC ecosystem. Who will win:... See more

Second, emerging fund managers tend to be made up of a smaller group of GPs or solo capitalists with strong industry insights and personal brand in a specific industry or trend, often when this is still nascent and overlooked by the established players.

The vast majority of founders want to raise something like a small seed round to get going and then never need capital again. What if we just listened to them?