foundations
also referred to as: foundation
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 9, 2019 by John Vrionis · said 16 times in 8 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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Dec 9, 2019 neutral
Vrionis: HBCUs and foundations lack specialized staff to evaluate VC managers
“Some of the LPs that we went to, some of the historically black colleges or foundations, they don't employ highly paid chief investment officers, so therefore they don't have a staff that's very sophisticated when it comes to knowing which managers to get into…”
Jan 29, 2024 negative
Akkina: Traditional Endowment Incentives Fail to Reward Risk-Taking
“The traditional endowment or foundation, I think part of the reason they're not good at this stuff is they don't have an incentive to be right, and people, when they don't have an incentive to take risks, they're not going to want to stick their necks out.”