Akkina: Green Oaks is one of MITIMCo's top fund relationships over 10 years
Ryan Akkina · Ryan Akkina: How MIT Builds Their Venture Fund Portfolio & How MIT Approach Direct Investing | E1109 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jan 29, 2024 · at 19:31
Ryan Akkina is a member of the Global Investment Team at MITIMCo, which manages MIT's endowment fund. He describes backing Neil Mehta's Green Oaks in its first fund.
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“And I remember actually, you know, my boss, Seth, and I decided, you know, let's, let's leave this and look at fund two or something. And the next, but I slept on it, and then the next day I decided to call my boss, Seth, back and say, you know, I think we should at least make a small bet on this to start, and we did, and which is, it's lucky we did, because that's been one of our most successful relationships of the last 10 years.”
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