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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.

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

What I Look For In Emerging Managers

What I Look For In Emerging Managers

Part 3 - Profession

Mar 4, 2024

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7 min read

What I Look For In Emerging Managers

What I Look For In Emerging Managers

Part 2 - Humanness

Feb 19, 2024

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8 min read

What I Look For In Emerging Managers

What I Look For In Emerging Managers

Part1 - The Art of Proximity

Feb 5, 2024

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9 min read

The First Pitch

The First Pitch

How LPs and Emerging Managers should think about their initial call

Jan 22, 2024

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11 min read

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