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September 08, 2021 | Tom Ballard

Here’s an incubator or accelerator for venture firms

There’s an accelerator or incubator focused on just about every business sector, so why not one that targets new venture firms. Well, we just learned there is just such an initiative named Oper8r.

Founded in 2019 by Winter Mead and Wellington Sculley and based in California, Oper8r is described in this article as an “incubator for emerging venture capital firms that aims to polish them for institutional investment. Now recruiting its third cohort, the program’s alums have since scored investments from funds of funds, family offices, foundations, and other allocators.”

Institutional limited partners, family offices that have invested in emerging managers, and other industry experts teach the eight-week curriculum



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