Investing with Emerging Managers
The Small Business Advocacy Office hosted a series of virtual panel discussions focused on diversifying opportunity in venture capital. Through this series of events, we explored the role emerging venture capital funds and their investors play in funding underestimated founders across the country and in empowering a new generation of investment decision makers.
A transcript of the discussion is available.
Moderator: Martha Legg Miller, Former Director, Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation
Panelists: Frederik Groce (Strom Ventures and BLCK VC); Winter Mead (Oper8r); and Jamie Rhode (Verdis Investment Management)
Last Reviewed or Updated: June 27, 2025