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How VCs Structure a Syndicate and Recruit Coinvestors

David Teten

GPs strategically invite trusted [Limited Partners and others] to co-invest, often based on the LP’s ability to add value or when the amount of capital required to complete an attractive transaction is larger than they are able to invest alone.”. 2) Investors with very specific value-add. Economic benefit. Market Insight.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

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Our New Fund – Foundry Group Next 2018

Feld Thoughts

We are syndication agnostic, being indifferent between investing by ourselves or with co-investors – especially our partner funds – where we mostly have long and successful relationships. We are very long-term investors, focusing on net cash on cash returns, rather than short-term or intermediate IRRs.

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Chronic Under-financing of EU Start-ups Driven by Mindset

Babbling VC

Net returns may have been in line as many EU VC's like to argue but the sums going in and coming out paled in comparison to US deals. Conversely you could blame the LP's (limited partners: the investors in venture funds) and say they are the one's not risking it enough.

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Why Investor Titles are Important

This is going to be BIG.

It used to be that the only people who could even get into angel rounds were high net worth individuals that could write at least $25,000 checks—so if someone said they were an angel investor, you could assume this was their minimum check size. — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) February 21, 2019.

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