Nicole DeTommaso

Entrepreneurship is one the greatest means to wealth creation and venture capital is one of the levers that fuels that, yet it’s gate kept by insiders… My goal has always been to change that.

Aspiring VCs - do you know VC is a ton of sales? Externally: - Pitching to LPs - Winning over founders & other VCs - Recruiting talent Internally: - Pitching new deals to your team - Propos...

General Partners at large VC firms can make over $1 million / year in cash comp. This isn’t including the potential carry upside they could receive too. But as a junior VC, there are other things...

Most VC candidates send thank you notes. The candidates who go just ONE step further usually get the job. When I was recruiting for venture roles, I started doing something simple that made a big ...

10 venture capital firms HIRING right now 👇

Most ppl think breaking into VC is about having the perfect resume. It’s not! It’s about being top of mind when opportunities open up. Here’s what most candidates miss 👇 When a VC role opens, f...

VCs get a lot of hate in the ecosystem but there actually can be a very symbiotic relationship between VCs and founders if everyone stays in their lane. Founders - build and scale the business, st...

If customers don’t feel urgency, neither will investors.

Once you get a VC interview, there's MORE work to be done. Most candidates who actually land the role, do this: Get referrals. But how? Step1: Map the firm Go to LinkedIn. Look at mutual connec...

How top GPs quietly invest $100M out of a $50M fund Today’s deep dive: The inside playbook for turning a $50M fund into $100M+ of exposure without raising a bigger fund👇

If you’re raising a fund, I just found a great LP agreement template for you to use. This doc is basically a set of ground rules for how the fund operates. It sets the GP-LP terms. Here’s the TLD...

18 hard cap table questions you may get asked in VC interviews (with answers)👇 Cap table questions usually come up in later stages of VC interviews. They test your understanding of: → Equity dyn...

8 venture capital firms HIRING right now 👇 Repost to help make VC more accessible!

Raising a VC fund? Here is the MOST comprehensive LP questionnaire I've seen for fund diligence. The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) Due Diligence Questionnaire 2.0 is the indus...

Raising VC $ at a super high valuation relative to where your business can be very detrimental. What it means is your goalposts for the next raise are *extremely* high. The odds of having a down r...

11 venture capital firms HIRING right now👇 ♻️ Repost to help make venture more accessible!

There’s never been a better time to start angel investing than right now

Growing up my mom said one thing that I still think about everyday: The antidote to anxiety is action.

I can't stress this enough to founders who are fundraising: Do not monologue on a call.

Investing in unicorns - to build a simple VC exit model, you essentially need to track 2 things: 1) How much of the company you own at exit (the funding & dilution path) 2) What the total company...