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Announcing the Final Close of Ocampo Capital Fund I LP Apr 02, 2025

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Ocampo Capital LLC Announces Successful Close of Ocampo Capital Fund I LP, an Early-Stage Consumer Venture Fund

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA– April 2nd, 2025 – Ocampo Capital LLC, an ...

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Newsletter #14: Startups Need Great Capital Allocators Too Mar 20, 2025

In fall of the year 2000 I was a young J.P. Morgan associate, sitting in the conference room at the  Greenwich, Connecticut headquarters of a leading private equity firm.  The CFO of the firm walked i...

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Newsletter 13: Luck Versus Skill Feb 07, 2025

One definition of luck is: “a chance occurrence, out of one’s control and unpredictable.”  On the other hand, skill therefore could be defined as “driving predictable outcomes based on intervention.” ...

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Newsletter 12: The Legacy of Sand Hill Road Dec 11, 2024

I grew up in Menlo Park, California, just over a mile from the heart of the venture capital industry.  Passing the low-lying, set back, non-descript office buildings along Sand Hill Road - which conne...

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Newsletter 11: An Interview with a Persephone Biosciences Co-Founder Oct 20, 2024

Nearly 2,500 years ago, the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates stated, “all disease begins in the gut.”  Fast forward to today, we now know that the human gut microbiome contains most of our DNA, it ...

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Newsletter 10: An Interview with the co-Founders of Future Fans Aug 29, 2024

Mike Schroder and Michael Gold are helping little kids become big fans through the company they co-founded, Future Fans Inc.  Future Fans creates fun- and easy- ways for children to learn sports, and ...

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Newsletter #9: "Perhaps We Have a Quorum Right Now" Jul 22, 2024

Two weeks ago, I attended a dinner in Los Angeles comprised of 25 or 30 venture capitalists.  Much of the conversation that evening revolved around artificial intelligence: given that nearly 40% of al...

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Newsletter #8: An Interview with James Bello, Founder & CEO, Shameless Pets Jun 04, 2024
Did you know preventing food waste is the #1 action individuals can take to fight climate change?  

James Bello is the CEO and Co-Founder of Shameless Pets, a company that "upcycles" high-quality, ...

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The Struggle- circa 2024 May 22, 2024

Unless your company has "AI" in its name, the commentary from investors and startups seems to be unanimous: the fundraising environment is extremely difficult.  In fact, many are saying it is as hard ...

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Learning From Missing Out Apr 18, 2024
Today is an appropriate day to acknowledge the worst financial decision of my investing career.
 
In 2012, I was on a conference call with my friend Bryan Leach and a small group of his friends, bra...
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