Equanimity is essentially keeping ones cool and calm in the midst of chaos. In the world of investments, this is a much-needed quality to succeed. Investors experience raging bull markets and desolate bear markets and the ones able to even out their profits and performance across cycles are those that approach the world of investments with Equanimity. In the early stage world, this is even more of a prized quality, what with every entrepreneur you meet being convinced that their idea is the best thing since sliced bread. There is too much uncertainty due to the very nature of new-born businesses. The lure to invest with a seemingly great team and an idea that apparently sounds fantastic is extraordinary. An equanimous approach can be the difference between whether a VC fund is successful or not.