Fundraising Mastery: the Tao of Kimmer – John Kim (EP.503)

John Kim, or Kimmer, has raised more than $70 billion across his career for leading venture capital and private equity firms. Kimmer recently distilled three decades of lessons into The Tao of Fundraising, the best book I’ve ever read on fundraising for investment managers. Since then, Kimmer joined a General Catalyst portfolio company, Lila Sciences, as Chairman and President of Corporate Development. Our conversation covers Kimmer’s philosophy about raising capital, the sales process, art of persuasion, best practices in a meeting, frameworks determining fundraising success, taxonomy of institutional investors, ideal sales team structure and compensation, and the features he carried over from capital formation for funds to a new operating role. Subscribe to the mailing list‍: https://capitalallocators.com/ Access Transcript with Premium Membership‍: https://capitalallocators.com/signup/ Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Follow Ted on Twitter:   / tseides   Follow Ted on LinkedIn:   / tedseides   Original Publish Date: 05/25/2025