K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to work with some absolutely amazing founders in the K9 portfolio and look forward to the many more amazing founders that K9 will get to partner with. I would like to thank all the limited partners who entrust me and K9 to invest their capital. I first thought about starting K9 in 2008.

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David Cohen

MARCH 7, 2012

I feel the same when I consider the list of Limited Partners who have put their faith in me and have provided capital to this new fund. The network of mentors, entrepreneurs, and investors around TechStars provide a tremendous number of unfair advantages to the startups that we fund, and helps them do more faster.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Martin , on March 23, 2009 at 5:10 pm Said: A beautiful example of consilience. Reply Christine , on July 23, 2009 at 11:51 am Said: and how, Mr. Martin. Patrick , on March 23, 2009 at 5:19 pm Said: Great story. Reply marty , on March 24, 2009 at 2:39 pm Said: Great stories!! Thanks for sharing the story!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

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K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

They are still individual investors, they invest on a full-time basis as professionals, but they have funds with Limited Partners. The limited partners may themselves run the gamut from individuals, family offices, venture capital funds to institutional LPs. They have 4-10 partners who are investing on their behalf.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 18, 2013

From this fund you get paid a management fee each year and then a percentage of the profits ultimately made after returning the entire initial investment to your limited partners (you pay back your management fees before you consider the fund “returned”).

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. While my company may not have lasted, and even though I swore to myself that I wouldn't do another startup--this recently launched new venture is moving forward with the help of some fantastic partners.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

The first closing for the fund was held in Q2 2009. K9 began investing in 2009 and is honored to have the following five companies in its portfolio: CrowdFlower (Seed and Series A). I would like to take a moment to thank K9′s Limited Partners for their support of this first fund. Twilio (Seed and Series A).

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2016

Today, I'm happy to announce that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I founded and continue to run as the sole General Partner, has raised a second fund, totalling $15.1 That's my only goal--to responsibly invest my Limited Partners' capital as part of a consistent strategy by being helpful to high potential founders.

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David Cohen

JANUARY 28, 2015

Another moment was meeting Jason Mendelson , one of Brad’s partners at Foundry Group. Molly was really the first person I ever considered a partner at Techstars, long before this was ever formalized. In 2009, there were two more moments that mattered. So many great partners. So many great founders.

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Altgate

MAY 1, 2009

I’m a visual person so here’s how I see it: Entrepreneurs start companies and the founders (“F&# in my chart) invest capital which they grow with sweat equity and then limited partners (“LPs&# ) invest capital via VCs which in turn grows the pie to the eventual “exit&# (which comes in the form of M&A or IPOs).

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

October 2009 (This essay is derived from a talk at the 2009 Startup School.) 5 ]Some VCs seem to understand technology because they actuallydo, but thats overkill; the defining test is whether you can talkabout it well enough to convince limited partners. [ Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator.

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

I say ecosystem as opposed to industry because it is not just the VC funds themselves that are imploding, instead the collapse includes entrepreneurs and startups that were funded by VCs, angel investors, service providers like lawyers, bankers and accountants as well as limited partner investors in VC funds.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009. million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 27, 2009

Many VC partners are eager to brag about their portfolio successes, but slow to admit when they have made mistakes or when they are in the midst of dealing with a poorly performing portfolio company. Further, partnerships as a whole are going to be loathe to admit problems and failures with their investors, the Limited Partners.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009. I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. ▼ 2009. (7). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Survey says VCs invest on Gut Instinct. Not that it was surprising, but that it would be news worthy of this placement. Do you have a U.S.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. ► 2009. (7). The formula will be based on the founders experience, schools they attended and other background information to gauge the likelihood of success. Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1). Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

I experienced that myself with my startup in 2008 and 2009. Yet, I'm sure tech journalists will write about that company as a bellwether as to what's going on in the whole market--and unsophisticated limited partners and newly minted angels will lap it all up, reciting line and verse as to whether the market is hot or not.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Every year Upfront Ventures surveys Limited Partners (LPs) who are the main source of capital that invests in VC funds and thus the main source of capital that goes to startups to get an early-warning sense of the year ahead, leaving aside any Black Swans. We’re trying to limit our exposure.”

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