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Beezer Clarkson

@Beezer232
Looking to change the world for the better through technology, investing & partnerships. MD @ LGT Capital Partners. ✍️ at @Open_LP , Co-host Origins Podcast 🎤
Austin / ✈️
openlp.com
Joined April 2009
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  • @Beezer232
    Beezer Clarkson
    @Beezer232
    Aug 26
    Building an enduring venture firm is never easy, especially in today’s environment. Emerging Manager Circle (EMC) gives EMs a community to swap notes, learn from experienced GPs who have been through it & hear from the LPs backing them. EMs: Don’t miss the window to apply! 👇
    @Open_LP
    OpenLP
    @Open_LP
    Aug 26
    🚨Calling all emerging mgrs! Applications now open to one of the biggest VC EM events of the year: 11/4/26 @EqualVentures' Emerging Manager Circle (EMC) brings EMs together w peers & experienced GPs/LPs to share insights on building enduring venture firms. 🙏TY to this year’s
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  • @Beezer232
    Beezer Clarkson
    @Beezer232
    Aug 21
    🧵We talk a lot about conviction investing in early stage venture & I have seen many examples of it - but rarely do they come close to @Joshuabrowder. (How many other VCs move a founder in with them??) Early signs say... it is serving him extremely well. New Origins Pod ⬇️
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  • @Beezer232
    Beezer Clarkson
    @Beezer232
    Aug 4
    Yup. And even more difficult is repeating strong returns fund over fund.
    @daveclark85
    David Clark
    @daveclark85
    Aug 4
    Next time you hear a GP predict their new fund will hit 5x or an LP say they are targeting 5x returns from VC, just show them this table from @PeterJ_Walker Exceptional returns from venture are possible. But, by definition, they are the exception, not the norm.
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  • @Beezer232
    Beezer Clarkson
    @Beezer232
    Jul 30
    The best partner diligence often isn't a weekend offsite or a list of 50 questions. It's years of watching how someone thinks, operates & makes decisions. So when @nchirls asked me if Thomas Kristensen and I did the rite of passage "50 Qs" exercise before Sapphire joined forces
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  • @Beezer232
    Beezer Clarkson
    @Beezer232
    Jul 29
    A few weeks ago I asked @pavelprata whether the barbell effect we’re seeing today looked anything like 2021 based on the H1 2026 fundraising data he pulled. Yesterday, he delivered. His framing of today's fundraising market as "concentration inside a contraction" is a succinct
    @pavelprata
    Pavel Prata
    @pavelprata
    Jul 28
    when @Beezer232 asks – we cook data. a few weeks ago we published data on VC fundraising in H1 2026, and @Beezer232 asked whether the barbell effect is real and similar to the 2021 ZIRP era. we don't have fund-level 2021 data in our own tracker at @murphcapital (we only started
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