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Ed Grefenstette and Sean Warrington – Venture Market Update (EP.488)
- ▶ 8:45 Ted Seides Ed, why don't you give a little refresher on the importance of venture to Dietrich? 2 times in the scene
Year in Review 2025 (EP.478)
- ▶ 27:12 Ted Seides Ed Refenstedt at the Dietrich Foundation, who I first asked seven years ago, and after asking and asking, finally had him on.
Ted on Alt Goes Mainstream (EP.458)
- ▶ 52:53 Ted Seides Earlier this year, I had Ed Grefenstedt, who's the CIO of the Dietrich Foundation.
Ed Grefenstette – Bold Allocations at The Dietrich Foundation (EP.437)
- ▶ 4:25 Ted Seides My guest on today's show is Ed Refenstedt, the Chief Investment Officer of the Dietrich Foundation, which supports charitable organizations in Western Pennsylvania through a truly unique investment strategy that seeks to first, last, and… 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:11 Ed Grefenstette And he said, well, I've been building up this trust, and it's designed to fund the Dietrich Foundation upon my passing, and I'd like you to come and join me and work with me and be my designated successor, so that once I do pass, you'll… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:49 Ted Seides I'd love to hear a little more about Bill leading into what this foundation has become.
- ▶ 18:18 Ted Seides What was his business that led to the foundation at his passing? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:30 Ed Grefenstette And right after we formed the foundation, I expanded on that document and wrote a further overview of investment philosophy, which is even more detailed about what we're doing and why. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:21 Ted Seides What's different about how Dietrich is set up that's allowed you to pursue this quite different investment strategy relative to the other people who do have delegated authority?
- ▶ 29:43 Ted Seides What did Bill set as the goal for the investing of the foundation?
- ▶ 44:20 Ed Grefenstette And when I took over his Dietrich book in, our China portfolio was mostly growth equity, a little bit on the venture side.
- ▶ 50:11 Ed Grefenstette People just really enjoyed speaking with him, and when he found a GP that he wanted to get in early on in Dietrich's portfolio, he would approach you with every ounce of energy, finding other LPs that might be
- ▶ 59:19 Ed Grefenstette We have a saying that there's only so much beachfront property in the Dietrich portfolio.
- ▶ 1:17:20 Ed Grefenstette So I'll be focused on my succession planning at the Dietrich Foundation, and then thinking about if there's anything else I want to try to accomplish professionally before I spend more time, and regardless, I'm going to spend more time…