Creating the YC of fund managers: Winter Mead, Oper8r

<p><b>Winter Mead</b> grew up on a maple syrup farm in New England. After writing his grad-school thesis on technology trends in digital media, he relocated to Silicon Valley to test his own theories. Now teaching about entrepreneurship and venture capital at the <b>Stanford University Graduate School of Business</b>, it&apos;s safe to assume his instincts were right on the money.</p><p>With 20 years in financial services, Winter has invested over <b>$1bi across 80 private equity and venture capital firms</b> during his time with Sapphire Ventures and Hall Capital Partners. This first-hand experience lead to two striking realizations: one, that capital was crucial for innovation and market disruption, and two, that the gap between casual investors and full-time VCs was only growing wider by the minute.</p><p><b>Oper8r</b> was born from the aspiration to bridge that gap. Winter and his co-founder, Welly Sculley, set out to build a community to enable the next generation of institutional VCs.</p><p>Join Winter and I as we talk about:</p><ul><li>How LPs can succeed outside of the top 10 investment firms</li><li>Unlocking capital and knowledge to create new fund managers</li><li>The network effects of a VC community</li></ul><p>Building something new? Apply for the Latitud Fellowship at <a href='https://apply.latitud.com'>apply.latitud.com</a></p>