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Swimming with Allocators dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. In each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies. Follow along and subscribe at swimmingwithallocators.com. See you later, Allocator!
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Signup to Generate a PitchSwimming with Allocators dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem.
Swimming with Allocators is hosted by Earnest Sweat, Alexa Binns. The show has published 116 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The $9B Portfolio That Fits on One Page" (28 October 2026, 49 minutes), "The Biggest Untapped Impact Money Pool You’ve Never Heard Of" (21 October 2026, 46 minutes), and "Stop Taking Dumb Money" (14 October 2026, 49 minutes).
Swimming with Allocators publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 116 episodes.
Booking probability for Swimming with Allocators is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Swimming with Allocators requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Swimming with Allocators's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Swimming with Allocators are Investing & Wealth Management and Investment Banking & Trading. Swimming with Allocators has a business audience.
Earnest Sweat, Alexa Binns hosts Swimming with Allocators, a business podcast with 116 episodes published.
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Frank Mihail describes his path from oil and gas engineering to real estate, wealth management, institutional investing, and his current role as CIO of North Dakota Board of...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa talk with Thomas Knowles, managing partner and Co-CEO of Gratitude Ventures, about how he built a community of 150 family offices focused on mission-driven...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Craig Schedler, head of Intuit Ventures and former leader of Northwestern Mutual’s venture program, breaks down how corporate VC really works across both direct investments and LP...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, LP allocator Dan Fordyce walks through his journey from growing up in Baltimore to studying operations research at Cornell, interning at NEA, and ultimately helping co-found...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa unpack the post-SpaceX IPO environment, why LPs still aren’t writing checks, and what might actually unlock capital for emerging managers in the coming years...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Rachel Kloepfer shares her journey from growing up on a farm near Seattle and working as an investigative crime reporter to becoming an institutional allocator at Lenora Capital...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Henrik Reimavuo traces his path from teen volunteer at Slush to LP and co-founder of Firm, a fund of funds backing next-gen venture managers. He explains how Slush exposed him to...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, allocator Michael Wooten shares his journey from early fascination with investing to managing capital across multiple family offices and building a venture program in Silicon...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa welcome Kelli Fontaine of Cendana Capital, as she traces her path from journalism to data-driven venture investing and explains how her obsession with finding the...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, returning guest Chris Schelling of Aksia joins Earnest Sweat and Alexa Binns to unpack how AI, private markets, and the wealth channel are evolving. They discuss where AI may...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa welcome Senia Rapisarda of HarbourVest, who walks through her journey from Italy and Wall Street to leading venture and growth efforts in Canada, first at BDC and...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa welcome Teddy Repko of the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation, who shares how his global upbringing, risk-aware personality, and early trading career shaped his...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Kate Simpson joins Earnest and Alexa to share her journey from starting as a history major at the UNC endowment to leading the venture strategy at multi-asset OCIO firm GEM. She...
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In this 100th episode of Swimming with Alligators, Earnest and Alexa dive into how emerging managers and VCs can truly differentiate in a world where everyone shows the same logos and track records. They unpack why LPs...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Earnest and Alexa welcome Mike Kakenmaster, Director of Investments at Loyola University Chicago, to discuss how a small endowment builds and scales a modern private capital and...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, growth-investor-turned-LP Yuri Lee (TMRS) joins Earnest and Alexa and explains how her global upbringing and love of technology shaped her investing philosophy and belief that...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Erik Balck Sørensen joins Earnest and Alexa to share his journey from serial founder in an almost non-existent Danish startup scene to CIO of Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Wes Panek joins Earnest and Alexa to share his unconventional journey from consulting and international development to venture capital, and ultimately to his current role as an LP...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat talk with Avivar Capital Co-Founders Lisa Richter and Tina Castro about how they built an impact investing firm focused on aligning capital with...
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This week on Swimming with Allocators, Juan Diego Briceno (JDB) shares his journey from New York private banking and Latin American wealth management to building and spinning out Pomifer Capital, an “extension of family...
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