Swimming with Allocators · Earnest Sweat, Alexa Binns

Compounding Capital Across Cycles: A Masterclass in Venture Allocation

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Vivek Jindal says the blurring of hedge funds, private equity, and venture is an opportunity, not a problem.

Swimming with Alligators sits down with Vivek Jindal, CIO at Caprock. The hosts start with his career path and trace the stops that shaped him at Core, the Schusterman family office, Blackstone, and Corbin Capital. The discussion then moves from biography into allocation practice. Jindal explains how Caprock serves ultra high net worth families through multi asset class portfolios that span traditional and alternative investments. The hosts push on what it takes to build something genuinely customized. Jindal frames the job around long horizons instead of short-term signal chasing. He talks about working through multiple market crises. He also comes back to the idea that a good allocator has to keep learning as the market rotates. The conversation puts real weight on manager selection. Jindal describes the importance of backing good managers and staying open to funds that may be struggling to raise in out-of-favor sectors. He treats meetings across the board as part of the process. In his telling, that openness is how you learn where the next edge may come from. The episode also spends time on sectors moving in and out of favor. Biotech comes up as a live example. So do longevity, supplements, and early clinical development as possible future targets. Jindal points out that a buyer like Pfizer may eventually want the team. The hosts keep returning to the idea of compounding. Jindal says the point is to have shots on goal in different places so weakness in one part of the portfolio does not define the whole. The relationship with a manager is framed as durable and personal. Once you commit, it can last 12 to 15 years. That changes the standard for trust, support, and fit. The episode ends with a practical view of allocator work. It is about patience, access, and knowing which partnerships can outlast the person making the decision.

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LP-side talk on manager selection, long horizons, and compounding through cycles.

Vivek Jindal's conversation stays on the LP side of investing, where the work is less about flash than about judgment. It looks at how he builds all weather portfolios for families and institutions, how he chooses managers, and why he keeps showing up in out of favor sectors…

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For allocator thinking on building all-weather portfolios and compounding capital across market cycles.

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