David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

At HOF Capital, we support our companies through 7 main levers (i.e., the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page. – Aggregation, ranking, and discounts from service providers. Ethics Policy, Expenses policy).

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Another 3–5 could return in aggregate $300–500 million. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners. Since our funds are around $300 million each this returns 2–4x the fund if we do it right. The remaining 31 deals will likely return less than 20% of all returns.

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Bankruptcy Bridge Financing Portfolio Angel Investor 294

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand. Great marketplaces do not simply aggregate a market; they enhance it. But in the early stages, this friction slows your roll-out and increases the costs associated with supplier aggregation.

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Aggregator Marketing Software Review North America 101

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. We formed a partnership with some of our favorite early stage investors and friends including Jim Andelman at Rincon Ventures and Peter Lee at Baroda. We had a specific goal in mind.

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Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2013

Venture Capital Issues. Early stage Venture Capital for medical device startups has dried up. The amount of capital being invested in new device companies is at an 11 year low. Venture Capital.

Startup 294

Startup Venture Capital Lean IPO 294

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2018

And why funding from families and friends is a dominant source of financing for early-stage ventures (because friends and family know an entrepreneur’s ability better than any resume can convey). tax rate for individuals making over $100,000 was 70% and 90% (taxes on capital gains fluctuated between 20% and 25%.)

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Entrepreneur Business Model Capital Gains Aggregator 336

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. It proved to be fortuitous because it allowed me the time & space I needed to get to know tons of founders and VCs and to hone my craft.

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IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. The company is currently seeking first-round venture capital and institutional funding.

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Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Conventional wisdom dictated that they made reckless investments in very early-stage ventures mostly doomed to fail. In addition, angels were up against a selection problem: All the best entrepreneurs and opportunities would naturally gravitate to the best venture capital funds, leaving only the “scraps” for angel investors.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

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. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals.

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Venture Chronicles

MAY 26, 2010

This is the “tastes great, less filling&# debate that recurs on a regular basis in the venture capital and entrepreneur communities. Venture math is really simple, if you raise $10 million for a company that is valued at $10 million “pre-money&# then you have sold 50% of the equity to the new investors.

Lean 40

Lean Early Stage Valuation Startup 40

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. Maybe this is my inherent bias as a comms pro, but in aggregate , I believe the uncaptured upside when women founders stay under the radar is far more detrimental than the risks that come with visibility.

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IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital.

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

In my view the terminology being used for early stage investors by the press and the media is not as clear as it should be. I’ve talked about this on several occasions when I’ve been at conference and on panels, but I figured it would make sense to do a post explaining my taxonomy of the early-stage investing world.

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Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Conventional wisdom dictated that they made reckless investments in very early-stage ventures mostly doomed to fail. In addition, angels were up against a selection problem: All the best entrepreneurs and opportunities would naturally gravitate to the best venture capital funds, leaving only the “scraps” for angel investors.

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

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. . Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice.

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Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

A check-in aggregation platform. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. 2 weeks ago.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. *. The Entrepreneurs Access to Capital Act helps to redress this.

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Securities and Exchange Commission IRR Entrepreneur Angel Investor 148

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Venture News.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

Modern digital curators for early-stage entrepreneurs are the expert bloggers who put “content into context.” Mark is a serial entrepreneur who is now active in the venture capital community for early-stage startups. and books for entrepreneurs like “Think and Grow Rich.” Lessons Learned , by Eric Ries.

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Curation Technical Review Entrepreneur Cofounder 230

ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Most project creators describe their project using aggregate framing. Education plays a major role in venture capital. Those early donors are simply personal connections of the project creator: “Friends and family funding plays a key role in the early stages of fundraising. The problem?

Campaign 48

Campaign Reputation Metrics Naming 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

That’s why early stage companies aren’t run by accountants with spreadsheets. weeks ago, positioning it as a tool designed to help small businesses effectively manage their social media efforts. They see the big “Write Once, Publish Everywhere&# and immediately think “this is ping.fm

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Silicon Valley Startup RSS Customer Development 181

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method.

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

Under the crowdfunding provisions, the aggregate dollar amount of securities that an issuer can sell in a crowdfunding transaction is limited to $1 million (less the aggregate amount of securities sold under other exemptions) over a 12-month period. More than $500,000: Audited financial statements.

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SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Accredited Investor Private Placement 58

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I've been driving the implementation of systems to track these types of metrics at our company (fast growing, recently public), and also have spent some time on the phone with one of your early stage founders (Ellen) discussing the metrics we track and how we think about them at our company. All rights reserved.

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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

Mahatma Gandhi I hesitate to use a quote from one of the greatest people ever to grace planet earth, and certainly the question of how to structure early stage investment is a laughable cause as compared to the rights that Ghandi (also a lawyer) fought to advance.  I’ve attached version 2.0

Finance 58

Finance Term Sheet Equity Aggregator 58

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Are you refering to the various early stage platforms that are popping up? My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment.

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The good news is that if you can master them at this early stage, you will have a significant competitive advantage. Unfortunately, conversion improvements typically are the aggregate gain of 100 tiny improvements, not one silver bullet. The bad news is that the tools for doing mobile conversion measurement are immature at best.

Metrics 93

Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Teten question: What will the impact be of deal aggregating websites (Axialmarket, MergerID, PE-Nexus, PEGBASE, CapitalSphere, DealMarket, BizBuySell,) on the investment banking industry? Intermediaries. Join the right clubs.

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. About this same point in time, the journalists that focus specifically on the venture capital industry noted something quite profound. Competition also has access to capital.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. In aggregate, angels are significant investors. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Related posts: Venture Capital in the Rockies. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. About VCIR.

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Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This year’s conference will highlight twenty promising early-growth companies; all based in the Rocky Mountain region and a majority of which are focused on clean technology, a burgeoning industry in the area. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet.

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Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2010

billion in venture capital funding in Q3 2010, representing a 14% decline in total funding amount compared to the previous quarter. A notable deal in the software vertical includes Israel-Massachusetts-based uTest ( CEO interview on VC Cafe ), who landed $13 million from Scale Venture Partners and others.

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Venture Capital Vertical Massachusetts eCommerce 80