VC & Buyout Funds outperform the public markets

Research finds strong persistence for both buyout and venture capital firms

Happy Friday Founders + Friends,

We have a quick read this week. The team is well into the hiring process for several roles at Bloom and we have kicked off recording Season 2 of the Full Bloom podcast. Know someone we should be on our radar? Shoot us a message!

Let’s get into it 🚀

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What We’re Reading and Listening To…

Has Persistence Persisted In Private Equity? Evidence from Buyout + Venture Capital Funds

PPC is going cookie-less. What’s next, no keywords?!

Founding vs Inheriting: You can found an institution, or you can inherit it

Brad Feld of Foundry Group on Decentralization in a Post COVID World

How to write cold emails to investors – lessons from 30 VCs

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We’re Hiring!

The Bloom team is growing!

We’re hiring across several marketing roles as we build out our platform team to help our portfolio founders up for success.

Positions

• Content + Community Associate

• SEM Associate

• SEO Associate

Talent Network

Looking for a new role at one of Bloom’s portfolio companies? Join our talent network.

As our companies grow, they look to us to help them find the best talent.

Signal that you'd be interested in working with a Bloom Venture Partners' company to help us put the right opportunities at great companies on your radar.

Featured Portfolio Roles

• Koyfin is hiring across Engineering, Customer Success, and Sales Roles

• Isthmus is hunting for a Founding Engineer to join the team

• Lit Videobooks is adding a Marketing Manager to the team

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the full bloom🎙

We have started recording episodes for Season 2 of the Full Bloom.

This week, Harley Finkelstein broke down the lessons from his decade+ at Shopify. Our guest next week Michael Martucci, CEO of SwagUp, will share how he bootstrapped his company to 8 figures and beyond!

Season 2 episodes will start dropping in early July. Make sure you subscribe on your favorite podcast player so you don’t miss them.

bloom venture partners @bloomvp_

We are hopping on a call with @harleyf, President of @Shopify, later this week to record an episode of The Full Bloom! What should we ask him?

Featured Episodes

• Peter Rojas (Partner, Betaworks Ventures) :: the un-spoken challenges of early stage investing

• Shruti Gandhi (Managing Partner, Array VC) :: Lessons from VC a Decade in the Game

• [Special Ep.] Viostream :: the story behind Bloom Venture Partner's latest acquisition 

• Justin Mitchell (YAC, CEO) :: how early-stage startups are using branding and audience building as defensibility

• Jeff Richards (Managing Partner, GGV Capital) :: playing the long game - the future of tech and capital

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Favorites from the Ecosystem

Jay Vasantharajah @jayvasdigital

There are no bonus points for complicated investments. -WEB

Roshan Patel @roshanpateI

The best VC meetings I had felt like conversations, not pitches. - They got to know me on a personal level - They asked real questions that I hadn't thought about - They jammed on ideas with me - They pushed me forward I left the meeting with more insight and a new friend.

Trung Phan 🇨🇦 @TrungTPhan

1/ A Redditor who runs in high net worth circles writes on the "gradations of rich". He explains in minute detail the difference between being worth $10m+ and $1B+. It' a doozy 🧵

Michael Martocci 🚀 SwagUp @MichaelMartocci

When you’re young, take big, bold, concentrated bets with assymetric upside Youll have time to recover from losses, but an early win will change the course of your life forever

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Interested in joining Bloom Venture Partners' Investment Club? Drop us a line and we’ll be in touch.

About Bloom Venture Partners

Bloom is a global investment firm focused on minority and majority investments in software businesses. Our mission is to invest in market-leading software and leverage our team's deep operational and commercial experience to deliver exceptional returns to all stakeholders.