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Gil Penchina’s Army: How AngelList’s Largest Syndicate Plans to Lead A Rounds, Hire An Associate & Keep VCs Honest

Hunter Walker

But he’s raised the largest syndicate on AngelList , turning himself effectively into a one-man fund for, if not the masses, at least the 270 people who have already committed nearly $3.4m AngelList syndicate has surprised some people, you’ve been angel investing for quite a while, right? penchina#syndicate.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO.

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My new fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. makes a long conversation feel short. James invites his friends for a chat in the studio, and the lively conversation rarely disappoint.

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My fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The James Altucher Show — James makes a long conversation feel short. The third wave of podcasting. Podcasts have been around for some time.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. We ended up agreeing a term sheet for $16.5 We hit sub 2 weeks.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

And while the internet created both tremendous reward and tremendous investment carnage leading up to and after the 2000 tech bubble, it’s created long run disruption of broad sectors of media, advertising, business software & computing, and retail commerce and VCs that missed this shift have faced real struggles. [link] leehower.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

In 2000 or 2010, it made sense to build in San Francisco. We’ve also seen an increase in the syndication of investments from firms outside of Austin into specific Texas-based companies such as Studio VC, Goodwater Capital, and Highland Capital Partners?—?all all Bay Area firms?—? Texas is hitting critical mass as a global startup hub.

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