David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

HBSAANY members include venture capitalists, individual accredited investors, and other institutional investors. Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. domestic market.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ).

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG. ( This post co-written with Koen Bremer , Gyorgy Buslig , and Adham Hussein. I’ve also posted this at Betabeat.). Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

I believe this was primarily because public market investors believed there was some chance that these high profile consumer companies would be once-in-a-generation type companies. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO.

IPO 180

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 180

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Importantly as well, the positive implications of the 2012 JOBS Act cannot be understated. Concerns have been raised around what this reveals about the price discovery process for IPOs and whether retail investors are disadvantaged relative to certain institutional investors that have access to purchase shares at the IPO process.

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

The Brisbane-based creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride were acquired by Onan Games in 2012, but still deserve an honorable mention for being Australia’s answer to global mobile gaming giants King.com and Rovio. Halfbrick Studios. Having seen the talent Australia has produced so far, I’m inclined to agree with him.

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Australia San Francisco IPO Cofounder 146

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

I believe this was primarily because public market investors believed there was some chance that these high profile consumer companies would be once-in-a-generation type companies. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO.

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

February 21, 2012. We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Since I became an institutional investor, my #1 learning is: this is a highly unusual and somewhat baffling industry. This is a key reason why the average retail investor consistently earns below-average returns. For the twenty years ending 12/31/2012 the S&P 500 Index averaged 8.21% a year, an attractive return.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I met Adam Ghetti , Founder/CTO, at the first Flashpoint Demo Day in New York in early 2012 at Union Square Ventures. ff VC became the only and first institutional investor and I joined the company’s board in May. (This is the second ff VC company that KPCB has invested in, after Klout.).

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Security Operations Atlanta 114

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

What no one tells the Marks is that as they’re buying, the smart money and institutional investors are quietly pulling out and selling their assets. billion dollars while admitting it will have operating losses through the end of fiscal 2012.)

Investment Bankers 310

Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 310

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

These “ piggy rounds ” usually left little room for other institutional investors, in contrast to traditional seed rounds which may include several funds collaborating. In May, I speculated several large VCs were changing their strategies after seeing more large seed checks from funds that usually enter at A or B rounds.

Later Stage 95

Later Stage Valuation Semantic Institutional Investors 95

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

PEHub just posted this guest article: Can professional investors use social media? Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy and their activities very discreet. in August and September 2012 over the two preceding months. Site traffic increased by 6.5% ff Venture Capital portfolio company.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Here’s my take on the state of things as they stand at the end of 2012. This, coupled with greater discipline among dedicated seed funds means that the difficulty of raising seed capital from good institutional investors will increase. In some ways, many of the forces that drove the rise of MicroVC’s are as strong as ever.

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Seed Stage Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Early Stage 55