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Oliver Buchannon
Benedikt Langer

On the mission to illuminate the convergence between LPs and Emerging Managers. I have worked with a family office for multiple years where I established the LP strategy in emerging funds. With my experience with LPs, my network with other allocators, and many great relationships with emerging managers, I am working on bringing both worlds together.

How Mark Scianna Raised His Fund II In a Matter of Weeks

How Mark Scianna Raised His Fund II In a Matter of Weeks

Mark Scianna on Raising His Fund II In a Matter of Weeks.

Aug 15, 2025

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17 min read

How Deciens Raised Their $93.33M Fund III

How Deciens Raised Their $93.33M Fund III

The story of what it actually took Deciens to raise their third fund

Aug 7, 2025

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25 min read

How To Develop Language That Let's LPs Enter Your World

How To Develop Language That Let's LPs Enter Your World

The Art of Sparking the Imagination of Limited Partners

Jul 30, 2025

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9 min read

Why The Virtue Of Play Will Fundraise More $ Than Your Pitch Deck

Why The Virtue Of Play Will Fundraise More $ Than Your Pitch Deck

Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas on Venture Capital Fundraising Strategies

Jul 16, 2025

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10 min read

Why The GP-LP Relationship Should Always Be Inefficient

Why The GP-LP Relationship Should Always Be Inefficient

Why we shouldn't free ourselves from developing a craft

Jun 11, 2025

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11 min read

How Pattern Ventures, a Fund of Funds, Invests in Emerging Managers

How Pattern Ventures, a Fund of Funds, Invests in Emerging Managers

An honest conversation with Nico Mizrahi

May 28, 2025

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21 min read

What I Was Thinking About When Developing the LP Strategy for a Family Office

What I Was Thinking About When Developing the LP Strategy for a Family Office

Why becoming an LP might make more sense for Family Offices

May 12, 2025

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14 min read

Conversations That Last Longer Than Most Marriages w/David Zhou

Conversations That Last Longer Than Most Marriages w/David Zhou

Transparent Conversations with LPs

Apr 28, 2025

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16 min read

Reframing The "Track Record" For Emerging Managers

Reframing The "Track Record" For Emerging Managers

Are we misunderstanding what is "provable"?

Apr 21, 2025

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10 min read

Sitting With Lilies: The Importance of Repetition for GPs and LPs

Sitting With Lilies: The Importance of Repetition for GPs and LPs

Mar 31, 2025

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9 min read

What LPs Look For On The First Call (with actual answers from LPs)

What LPs Look For On The First Call (with actual answers from LPs)

A Guide to The First Call between LPs & GPs

Mar 3, 2025

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10 min read

Freeing Being An LP From The Burden of Science

Freeing Being An LP From The Burden of Science

Why Being an LP Is Not Just a Science, Not Just An Art, But A Liberal Art.

Jan 13, 2025

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12 min read

Building A Reputation, Not A Brand

Building A Reputation, Not A Brand

Why Emerging Managers who are building a firm vs. a brand win.

Nov 25, 2024

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11 min read

From Misconception to Mystification: The Current Problem We Need To Solve

From Misconception to Mystification: The Current Problem We Need To Solve

My thoughts on how we can make the EM-LP landscape more efficient

Nov 11, 2024

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11 min read

What's In A Name: Forward Deployed

What's In A Name: Forward Deployed

by Mark Scianna

Oct 28, 2024

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13 min read

Monks and Managers (2): To The People Of The Desert

Monks and Managers (2): To The People Of The Desert

Part 2

Oct 15, 2024

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13 min read

Monks and Managers: To The People Of The Desert

Monks and Managers: To The People Of The Desert

Part 1

Sep 16, 2024

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12 min read

The Most Misunderstood Due Diligence: Let's Talk About Track Record

The Most Misunderstood Due Diligence: Let's Talk About Track Record

Mastering Tension Not Balance

Aug 27, 2024

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10 min read

What LPs AND GPs Want From Quarterly Updates

What LPs AND GPs Want From Quarterly Updates

Finding Convergence In Quarterly Updates

Aug 12, 2024

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10 min read

Why Your Fund Name Pitches Your Fund Better Than Your Deck

Why Your Fund Name Pitches Your Fund Better Than Your Deck

Why Emerging Managers Need To Lean Into Their Fund Name

Jul 29, 2024

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10 min read

The Magic Only Few Emerging Managers Possess

The Magic Only Few Emerging Managers Possess

How both LPs and GPs can refine their frameworks of what they're looking for

Jul 15, 2024

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7 min read

My #1 Advice to Limited Partners

My #1 Advice to Limited Partners

The Craft of Developing Taste

Jul 1, 2024

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6 min read

The Differentiation for GPs Nobody Talks About

The Differentiation for GPs Nobody Talks About

How To Truly Set Yourself Apart

Jun 10, 2024

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8 min read

Underwriting People Who Underwrite People

Underwriting People Who Underwrite People

What Do You Look For In The People You Invest In?

Apr 1, 2024

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6 min read

Pitching Family Offices

Pitching Family Offices

Understanding Who You Are Pitching

Mar 18, 2024

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6 min read

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