Swimming with Allocators

Opportunities in Today’s Secondary Market with Christopher Johnson of Knightsbridge Advisers

Episode Summary

This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa welcome Christopher Johnson, Principal at Knightsbridge Advisors. During the conversation, Christopher discusses their Fund of Funds as well as Secondary funds. In the Secondary market, Christopher shares where the majority of deal flow is coming from and how they analyze secondary opportunities. On the emerging manager front, Christopher mentions he’s particularly interested in speaking to VCs with a view on what big businesses will be built on the now hot AI infrastructure landscape. Dave Thornton, CEO at Vested also discusses streamlining their stock option management to reduce manual data entry errors and provide accurate fair market values.

Episode Notes

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Knightsbridge Advisers has dedicated more than four decades to building premier portfolios of venture capital relationships in the industry and providing institutional investors access to strong performing venture managers. Knightsbridge focuses on fund of funds and separately managed accounts for primary, secondary, and opportunistic investments in venture capital and growth equity partnerships. Learn more: knightsbridgevc.com/ 

Vested empowers startup employees to capitalize on their hard-earned equity, primarily by providing funding to help exercise stock options. The company’s overarching mission is to democratize access to equity, ensuring that startup employees both understand and have a real chance to tangibly benefit from the shares they’re granted.

Swimming with Allocators is a podcast that dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. Each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies. 

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