Dakota Live! Podcast: Venture Capital Fund of Funds and the Emerging Manager Outlook with Slipstream Investors

In this episode of the Dakota Live! Podcast, host Robert Morier sits down with Alex Edelson, Founder & General Partner of Slipstream Investors, a venture capital fund of funds dedicated to backing emerging pre-seed and seed-stage managers.

Alex shares his unique journey from law to venture capital, his lessons as Chief Strategy Officer and COO at QED Investors, and why Slipstream focuses on smaller, harder-to-access funds with outsized return potential.

We cover:
- What makes emerging managers so compelling, and so difficult to evaluate
- The role of fund-of-funds in today’s venture landscape
- Key insights into portfolio construction, reserves, and risk-taking in early-stage VC
- How pattern recognition, sourcing advantages, and founder relationships shape success
- Alex’s outlook on venture capital today and what’s ahead for the ecosystem

Whether you’re an allocator, manager, or entrepreneur, Alex’s perspective offers a window into the next generation of venture capital investing.