Fox Ventures - December 6th, 2023

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Fox Ventures is the venture capital arm of F Partners, a Private Office that provides bespoke advice to Family Offices and Entrepreneurs.

Through our unique network of Family Offices, Entrepreneurs, and Tier 1 VCs we get the opportunity to co-invest alongside them.

We are sector/stage agnostic and only invest where a top venture firm or one of our partners is leading the round.

If you’re an accredited investor, get access to our deal flow and invest alongside us here. Fox Ventures has some exciting opportunities to participate in so be sure to check our deal desk below and check your investor account on AngelList.

Deals I’m seeing 💼

All-in-one financial advisor platform with advanced graphing, market dashboards, security screening tools, portfolio analysis, and custom dashboards to encourage smarter investment decisions by delivering big data sets in an easy-to-use interface.

• $3M ARR

• 30k financial advisors on the platform → 5,700 paid users

• Customers such as General Catalyst, Tegus, Invesco, and others

Over 50% of the current round is committed and the company is backed by Craft Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and Social Leverage.

*Nothing in this email should be taken as investment or legal advice. You should consult your legal counsel and accountant to understand how a particular investment will impact your portfolio and tax status. You are responsible for doing your own due diligence on any investment you make.

Full details on the above deals are available to Fox Ventures syndicate members. If you are an accredited investor, you can view the details of each deal and get access to my deal flow below:

If you’d like an introduction to a company, please reply and let me know - this is reserved for larger potential checks.

Will Regulation Cast Light On Shadowy Private Markets?

This is a good question and one I think about a lot, not just as a reformed lawyer but mostly as a participant in the Family Office space and especially as my core thesis revolves around private market investing.

My view is fairly simple, there are already enough rules and regulations that govern the private markets.

Where we are seeing more action is in the enforcement of those rules and regulations.

There are bad actors in every sector but we need more regulators to understand and consistently police the regulations that are already in place.

Inconsistent action is the real killer here.

The Secretive $10 Billion Firm Backed By WhatsApp Billionaire Jan Koum Is Quietly Building A Startup Portfolio

I’m expecting to see a lot more tech entrepreneurs to build out their family offices exactly like this.

They’ll have flexible mandates to invest across the capital stack which makes them a lot more strategic than a crossover firm.

They can invest in any stage and make strategic bets.

Best-in-class investors will want to work for them because they get to focus on investing, albeit within the biases and mandate set by the principal.

Keep an eye on this one, if you can find any public information.

eBook: How to minimize third-party risk with vendor management

A robust vendor management program isn’t just required by compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001. It’s also a critical part of a holistic trust management strategy.

Implementing a vendor management program, however, has become more complex and challenging with the proliferation of SaaS tools and shadow IT. And many overstretched security teams are being asked to do more with less.

To stay compliant and secure — and deepen trust with customers and partners — security teams need a way to proactively manage vendor risk.

This guide from Vanta, the leading trust management platform, brings together perspectives from the frontlines of vendor security management. Get insights and best practices from security and compliance leaders. 

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Chad Fox is an advisor to entrepreneurs and family offices through his firm F Partners. Chad has a global network that spans from North America to the Middle East and can help you with formation, fundraising, business development, and all the challenges that come with building an early-stage company. He is a qualified lawyer, angel investor, and venture capitalist.

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