How to start a VC fund

July 15, 2025

Listen or watch on your favorite platform

Arise Health logo2020INC logoArise Health logo

We interviewed Michael Huseby to learn about his life story and his new book: Fundamentals: Your Friendly Guide to Investment Funds and Syndications.

This is a great listen for anyone interested in starting an investment fund or interested in making the transition from "practitioner" to "practitioner operator", like Michael did when leaving BigLaw to start his firm, and like I did when leaving the hedge fund I was to start XEIA.

We cover:

0:00 - Michael's backstory. Big Law. Going blind. The road to Entrepreneurship

16:30 - from legal practitioner to legal entrepreneur

23:30 - how TIL is different, a law firm run like a startup

37:30 - how Michael is growing his firm + law in the age of AI

44:30 - trends in the private markets world

51:00 - what are the attributes of successful fund managers

54:00 - 506(b) vs 506(c)

1:03:00 - most common mistakes people make when starting a fund

1:07:30 - Michael’s views fund-in-a-box services like AngelList, Carta and Sydecar

Michael's law firm: https://www.investmentslawyers.com/

Michael's book: https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-F...

Want more from XEIA?

Stay up to date on Human 3 - the new epoch of health, wellbeing and performance

By clicking Sign Up you're confirming that you agree with our Terms and Conditions.
Thank you! You've been added to our mailing list.
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
X-disciplinary Exploration, Investment & Acceleration

© 2025 XEIA Venture Partners, LLC