Carrie Thome – Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained at WARF and beyond (Capital Allocators, EP.160)

<p class="p1">Carrie Thome is the longtime former CIO at WARF, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a $3 billion pool that arose from monetizing technologies developed at the University of Wisconsin. She recently left to start a venture capital firm called NVNG, or Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained.</p> <p class="p1">Our conversation covers Carrie’s Wisconsin roots, her early experience at SWIB, the State of Wisconsin pension fund, and investing at WARF over the last two decades.</p> <p class="p1">We discuss WARF’s unique structure, technology transfer, and an all-weather portfolio for the Foundation, including separation of alpha and beta, portfolio construction, and manager selection. We then turn to Carrie’s new adventure NVNG, a venture capital firm seeking to bring the benefits of entrepreneurial activities in Wisconsin to local firms and national venture capitalists.</p> <p class="p1"><strong><u>Learn More</u></strong><br /> Read the <a href= "http://capitalallocatorspodcast.com/premium">Transcript</a><br /> Subscribe to the <a href= "http://capitalallocatorspodcast.com/contact">Capital Allocators Blog or Monthly Mailing List</a><br /> Don't Subscribe, but <a href= "http://capitalallocatorspodcast.com/contact">Let Us Know Who You Are</a><br /> Write a review on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/capital-allocators-with-ted-seides/id1223764016">iTunes</a><br /> Follow Ted on twitter at <a href= "http://twitter.com/tseides">@tseides</a><br /> Review past episodes of the <a href= "http://capitalallocatorspodcast.com/podcast">Podcast</a></p>