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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

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. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. 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.

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4 Ways To Transform Your Side Gig Into Your Main Show

YoungUpstarts

You never know when opportunities to expand your knowledge – and be inspired by new ideas – will present themselves. My parents supported my decision even though they knew it would be challenging. Be interested in everything and observe closely. I learned this lesson at age 14.

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Join me at Alpha Innovation Required conference, Sep. 18-19, NYC

David Teten

The highlight is the presentations given by 20 emerging AlphaTech companies that AIR hand-picks to present. Since inception, of the 85 companies invited to present, 30 have raised nearly $1.5 billion, and 12 have been acquired for more than $6 billion in aggregate since presenting at the AIR Summit.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. 1) Manage the firm .

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). View more presentations. Presentation included above). Zubin Avari, Charter Oak Equity LP Christopher A.