David Teten

MAY 10, 2012

I hope you can join me in Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 24, 2012, 5:30 PM To 8:30 PM for a talk and event sponsored by the HBS Club of Washington, DC. As I’ve previously blogged , I will soon publish the first formal study of best practices of VCs in improving portfolio company value.

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DC Washington Portfolio Venture Capital 133

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Stepping back, it’s interesting to see this cultural shift among larger companies who are comfortable with these co-branding scenarios, which actually may provide better PR and future opportunities to add to their portfolios. vehicle listed on January 2012 in Crunchbase. 4/ “Readjust Your Comps” With GitHub price at $7.5B

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Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. 3) Rebalancing — we rebalance portfolios monthly.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Austin 48

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. The two Data Collective managing partners, who are currently raising fund number two, tell me that the timing is right for a fund committed exclusively to Big Data companies, as the barriers to entry in launching these sorts of startups are only getting lower. .” Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF.

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Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 billion under management.&# I don’t really understand why VCs do this since it’s mostly a meaningless number. What is total assets under management? - Most funds get annual extensions.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. 10% of Feenix’s portfolio companies have received VC equity prior to their financing. Alternative Capital. “ ARR of $500K+.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

Sulaiman Sanni and his partner Ben Lamson were both working for Meltwater Group, a large, well known Software as a Service company, Su as a social media consultant and Ben as a sales manager. As Su says “We were both in good positions. We were doing well and we liked working there.” ” And that’s how WeDidIt was born.

Small Business 142

Small Business Advisory Board Employee Entrepreneur 142

Version One Ventures

JULY 31, 2018

Since 2012, we have made over 40 investments and have been busy building our fund, expanding and deepening our network, and most gratifyingly, working with our portfolio companies in their pursuit to transform their industries and the world. Executing projects of your own direction that help Version One and/or our portfolio companies.

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Hiring San Francisco Advisory Board Due Diligence 166

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Ask other portfolio companies how your VC acted when / if they got in a cash pinch. Think DropBox, Airbnb, Uber, Maker Studios.

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Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Dave Tisch, Founder & Managing Director, TechStars NYC. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more.

Portfolio 122

Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

Version One Ventures

JUNE 24, 2020

Today, one of our newest portfolio companies, Cape Privacy , announced their seed fundraise in conjunction with the public launch of their privacy platform. We invested in Gavin’s GoInstant which was sold to Salesforce in 2012 and we’re really happy to have Gavin back running a start-up.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence Cofounder Open Source Portfolio 78

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). It was awarded the Ag Professional New Product of the Year in 2012 , and was recognized as the top-rated nitrogen management tool in Walmart’s sustainability initiative. Adapt-n.com. Miscellaneous'

Technical Review 65

Technical Review Technology Software Review IP 65

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. In Q2 of 2012, 362 million mobile phones shipped and it is increasingly rare to see business users who don’t have smartphones or tablet devices. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic.

Romania 77

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 77

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ).

Leadership 161

Leadership LP Venture Capital Silicon Valley 161

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. Much more of our fee income poured back into our community, our offices, our staff, our portfolio company – where it belongs. Approachable.

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Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles San Francisco 360

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. He tells me the firm has made 21 investments since mid-2010, and Correlation now has more than $165 million under management. © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc. Drew Senyei. Meet All the Xconomists ›.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

I feel like I’m often looking for interesting things to read about a variety of subjects, but I manage to include your blog among my reads every day. Portfolio. (3). ► 2012. (1). Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:03 AM. 2 comments: Best hosting company for small business. Anonymous said. Hi I read this post 2 times.

Software Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Companies being created has continued to go up dramatically making managing dealflow nearly impossible. Thank you to Tasha for helping to keep me sane by managing the onslaught of meeting requests, board meetings and constant change. Thank you to the team that had extreme success in 2012 and a more challenging year in 2013.

Valuation 288

Valuation eCommerce Revenue Social Network 288

Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 27, 2013

Today''s IPO by Tremor Video is seen by many as a harbinger for the adtech community (full disclosure: Tremor Video is a Flybridge portfolio company). Tremor is the first public offering of an adtech company since Millenial Media''s IPO in April 2012. Rightly so. As DataXu''s Mike Baker likes to say, Mad Men have become Math Men.

IPO 36

IPO Advertising Software Improvement Differentiation 36

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Brand Marketing Meets PPC: In most companies marketing exists in two forms, brand management and promotional marketing. Social as a Service: If you are a SaaS application there is an increasing portfolio of services that you can plug into your application to bring social capabilities as a layered service.

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PPC Social Network Mobile Campaign 32

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

To drive home the point, Nielsen’s 2012 social media report reveals that: • Forty-seven percent of social media users engage in social care (i.e., If there’s an art school in your area, to keep costs down, try hiring a digital art student interested in building his or her portfolio. With too many business owners, that’s not the case.

Small Business 178

Small Business Social Media Channel Media 178

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

UX Study The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012. September 4th, 2012. Checkouts haven’t been on the agenda for top management (although, I believe this has changed a lot in recent years). Portfolio Design Study: Design Patterns. September 4th, 2012 7:05 am. September 4th, 2012 7:21 am. User Experience.

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Design Software Review HTML Technical Review 98

99u.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Let’s take a look at how to engage, incentivize, and manage your Advisors. Advisors can become a burden – in both expense and time wasted - unless they are managed wisely. Teams must select Advisors for the right reasons, engage them properly, and then manage and utilize them - purposefully and consistently - over time.

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Turkey Dilution Portfolio Exit Strategy 40

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? If you do manage to threaten them, they’re more likely to buy you than sue you. In the mean time, best wishes for a safe, happy and healthy 2012. What kind of advantage will this create vs. our competitors ? Barriers to entry ?

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. After I became co-managing director I pushed our firm to start adding more talent how had a mix of operational, startup experience and some form of investment experience. I stayed close.

Partner 340

Partner Los Angeles South Africa Cap Table 340

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2014

In fact, your start-up needs are typically in direct opposition of your customers, as each entity works to manage its own working capital requirements. It can be a hard lesson in cash management, sometimes catching a young enterprise off guard. trillion in global annual volume in 2013, a nearly five percent increase compared to 2012.

Finance 196

Finance Balance Sheet Global Operations 196

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

The small and concentrated portfolio means that K9’s interests are always well aligned with the interests of founders who choose to work with us. 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.

Technology 96

Technology LP San Francisco Portfolio 96

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

I’ve just re-read the a 2012 report by the Kauffman Foundation about the contractual relationship between venture capital funds (often called GPs, short for General Partner) and their investors (often called LPs, short for Limited Partners). The second is to shift from a 2% management fee to paying fees based on a firms budget.

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Venture Capital Limited Partner Portfolio Partner 108

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2011

We are convinced that this is the right step and will provide the greatest value for technology entrepreneurs we fund,” said Hezekiah Griggs III, managing partner of H360 Capital , which will be moving its headquarters to Newark. One of the stated goals of the partnership is to attract 20 early stage technology firms to this area by 2012.”.

North Carolina 145

North Carolina New Jersey Partner Charlotte 145

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). But my specific point is that while everybody is busy telling you that “kids don’t use email” or “email is dead” I have actual data from portfolio company CEO’s showing the efficacy of email as a communication and marketing channel.

Mobile 339

Mobile Email Social Media Global 339

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. In Q2 of 2012, 362 million mobile phones shipped and it is increasingly rare to see business users who don’t have smartphones or tablet devices. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic.

Romania 44

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 44

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The FT1000 is a list of companies which have made the highest percentage of growth between the years of 2012 and 2015. That company is lottery start-up Lottoland , which managed to make it to 128 th on the list of fastest growing companies in Europe, an enviable feat for a gaming company.

Europe 62

Europe Startup Portfolio Revenue 62

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

The stories and examples will hopefully help you intelligently approach your own data in these reports and quickly find insights you can action / share with your management team. Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012.

Analytics 159

Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

Ben's Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

Now personally responsible for the aforementioned massive risk, Alfred volunteered to leave his position as Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer to be the General Manager of the then tiny Weblogic division in the crowded, nascent Application Server market. Sometimes only weak-kneed investors can defeat a great CEO.

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Acquisition Cloud Architecture Revenue 78

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 22, 2015

Following is a guest post from Zack Rosen at Pantheon about his experience shadowing Jud Valeski, founder and then-CEO of Gnip for a day in 2012. My first time CEO Shadowing: Jud at Gnip in 2012. Foundry Group is a mutual investor of ours, and Jud and I met at an event in Boulder that they organized for portfolio CEOs.

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NDA Portfolio Operations Management 70

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Fifteen CFOs participated - about half of them from Bessemer portfolio SaaS companies (Cornerstone On Demand, Intacct. Portfolio. (3). ► 2012. (1).

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Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In early 2012, my HBS Alumni Angels colleagues and I launched the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP), an initiative to help women and minority-led businesses to raise capital from the Harvard alumni angel community. the America that is not just white men.). the America that is not just white men.). Sheila Marmon, CEO, Mirror Digital.

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