David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. ETFs have become increasingly popular because of the lower cost, generally tax beneficial structure and a wide variety of products now available.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent.

SEM 150

SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There are different flavors of family investment offices today, some are “single family” offices which invest on behalf of one uber wealthy family and their descendants whereas others are “multi-family” that might aggregate the wealth of a number of rather wealthy but not uber wealthy families. Insurance Companies.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There are different flavors of family investment offices today, some are “single family” offices which invest on behalf of one uber wealthy family and their descendants whereas others are “multi-family” that might aggregate the wealth of a number of rather wealthy but not uber wealthy families. Insurance Companies.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255