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In this episode of Fireside with a VC, Andrew Romans explains how VC secondaries really work in large private companies — and how buyers and sellers can avoid common mistakes.

We cover:

· Secondaries vs. primaries

· Stock transfer permissions and why deals get blocked

· ROFRs and the ROFR price

· Direct to cap table vs. layered SPV structures

· How to calculate the all-in cost (with or without carry)

· Fake brokers, daisy chains, and wasted time

· Liquidity post-investment

This episode draws on 20 years of experience, 70 SPVs, and five pooled VC funds.

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Important: This content is for informational and relationship management purposes only. It is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Any offering will be made only to eligible investors, through private communications, pursuant to applicable offering documents, and only where permitted by law.

E129 — Silicon Valley Real Estate – Selling Google their first building - Barry DiRaimondo, CEO, SteelWave

In this episode of Fireside with a VC, I sit down with Barry DiRaimondo to understand the history, present and future of Silicon Valley real-estate market from a lifetime veteran who sold Google their first building.  

• The story of selling Google their HQ building
• Is Commercial RE a hard asset, a financial asset, or asocial asset?
• What is the difference between design and architecture?
• How has the workplace evolved over time?
• How technology real estate differs from other real estate.
• How to think about risk? What types of risks CAN be underwritten and what types CAN'T be underwritten?
• Lessons learned from those that CAN'T be underwritten?
• The future of the industry going forward and compare that towhere its been.

Upcoming live events — Global VC Demo Day (VC–LP Tour)

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In this episode of Fireside with a VC, I sit down with Biju Ashokan, CEO of Radius, to unpack how AI and automation are reshaping the real estate agent workflow—from lead to close. We discuss:

· How AI and automation can help agents buy or sell five times more properties per year (in the right operating model).

· What an “always-on” assistant looks like: proactively sourcing inventory, matching buyers and sellers, drafting complex documents, and handling back office tasks—so agents can spend more time on relationships and closing.

· What is changing in the US real estate and brokerage industry.

· Why the number of agents may decrease, while productivity and income per agent may rise.

Learn more about Radius

· Website: https://www.radiusagent.com/

· Contact: Biju Ashokan (CEO) — biju@radiusagent.com

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Contact Andrew Romans if you are an active LP interested in investing in VC funds and would like to join us at VIP luncheons, dinners, or Global VC Demo Day events. andrew@7bc.vc

In this episode of Fireside with a VC, I sit down with Simo Lemhandez, CEO, Folk
We discuss:

CRM built today with native-AI technology.

How one CRM draws data from email, CRM, WhatsApp, meeting notes and more.

Integrating data enrichment, mining your data, sending email sequences and follow up reminders all in one dynamic application.

How CRM can become a virtual assistant.

Allowing CRM to do much of your busy work combining many expensive static software suites into one central application.

Start your 2-week free trial here: https://www.folk.app/.

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Global VC Demo Day VC–LP tour

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