Early-stage venture capitalists (VCs) often lack the capital required to fund their pro-rata shares in subsequent financing rounds of their leading portfolio companies. That’s where Alpha Partners, instead of competing head-on against them, partners with early-stage VCs to bridge that capital gap.

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie talks with Steve Brotman, the managing partner of Alpha Partners and a strategic advisor to Pritzker Group Venture Capital. They talk about Steve’s experience in the venture capital space and some interesting market segments in the current economy.

Steve discusses: 

• ”04:40” How he came to start his own growth equity firm, Alpha Partners
  
• ”17:02” The major barriers to entry in the current venture capital landscape
  
• ”22:54” How a potential recession and the rising cost of capital might influence venture capital moving forward
  
• ”25:53” Market segments worth looking into during economic downturns
  
• And more
  

Connect With Steve Brotman:

• Alpha Partners
  
• LinkedIn: Alpha Partners
  
• LinkedIn: Steve Brotman
  
• Twitter: Steve Brotman
  

Connect With SineCera Capital:

• Email: Kevin Kaylakie
  
• Email: Connee Sullivan
  
• Email: Adam Packer
  
• Contact SineCera Capital
  
• (512) 980-4600
  
• SineCera Capital
  
• LinkedIn: Kevin Kaylakie
  
• LinkedIn: Connee Sullivan
  
• LinkedIn: Adam Packer
  

About Our Guest:

Steve Brotman’s first entrepreneurial effort was when he was the co-founder of a venture-backed company known as the pioneer of online classified advertising platforms called AdOne. He started AdOne as an assignment in an entrepreneurship class at Columbia Business School and the company later signed over one third of the newspaper industry at the time.

He moved on to found Silicon Alley Venture Partners with $15 million assets under management. He later became the co-founder and Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP, a technology and business information services venture capital fund with $100 million under management.

Steve is now the founder and managing partner at Alpha Partners. He is also an entrepreneur, investor and fund manager, and serves as a Strategic Advisor to Pritzker Group Venture Capital.