David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG. Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. In an effort to address this, we launched last year a formal study of best practices of VCs in improving portfolio company value.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

February 21, 2012. My partners and I wanted to peel back the curtain slightly for those of you who’ve been following our progress, and also acknowledge the help and support numerous folks have provided as we got this new VC firm off the ground. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%?

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I couldn’t be more excited to share that one of our portfolio companies, Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress), has raised $9.4 Ted Schlein, general partner at KPCB , and Tom Noonan, partner at TechOperators , will join the board of directors.

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Security Operations Atlanta 114

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy and their activities very discreet. According to Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, about 10-15% of the 1,000 active venture capitalists in the U.S. Social media is valuable for more than just origination.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

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