E2: Jordan Stein | How Cresset Partners Raised $40B, Invested in Andreessen Horowitz + Founders Fund

David Weisburd sits down with Jordan Stein, Director of Venture Capital at Cresset Partners. a large multifamily office with over $45 billion in assets under management and a prolific limited partner and storied venture franchises, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, and Founders Fund. This podcast is proudly sponsored by Angellist. Visit www.angellist.com/tlp if you’re ready to level up your startup or fund. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: Founding a business is just the tip of the iceberg; the real complexity comes with scaling it. On 1 to 1000, hosts Jack Altman and Erik Torenberg dig deep into the inevitable twists and turns operators encounter along the journey of turning an idea into a business. Hear all about the tactical challenges of scaling from the people that built up the world’s leading companies like Stripe, Ramp, and Lattice. Our first episode with Eric Glyman of Ramp is out now: https://link.chtbl.com/1to1000 RECOMMENDED PODCAST: Every week investor and writer of the popular newsletter The Diff, Byrne Hobart, and co-host Erik Torenberg discuss today’s major inflection points in technology, business, and markets – and help listeners build a diversified portfolio of trends and ideas for the future. Subscribe to “The Riff” with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg: https://link.chtbl.com/theriff The Limited Partner Podcast is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: Turpentine.co X: @dweisburd (David) @eriktorenberg (Erik) @cresset_capital (Cresset) LINKS: https://cressetcapital.com/ SPONSOR: The Limited Partner Podcast is proudly sponsored by AngelList. -If you’re in private markets, you’ll love AngelList’s new suite of software products. -for private companies, thousands of startups from $4M to $4B in valuation have switched to AngelList for cap table management. It’s a modern, intelligent, equity management platform that offers equity issuance, employee stock plan management, 409A valuations, and more. -If you’re a founder or investor, you’ll know AngelList builds software that powers the startup economy. If you’re ready to level-up your startup or fund with AngelList, visit www.angellist.com/tlp to get started. (0:00) Episode Preview (1:28) Allocating the venture capital space (5:29) Building his portfolio (8:56) Evaluating emerging managers (13:05) Main mistakes for first-time LPs (15:20) Sponsor: AngelList (16:27) Concerns of VC in 2023 (18:40) Range of allocators (23:30) Practices and mistakes in co-investing (27:04) Co-invest programs (31:03) Cresset Partners