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Is @AngelList Syndicates Really Such a Big Deal?

Both Sides of the Table

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” My favorite new VC blogger, Hunter Walk, weighed in with some thoughtful comments about how Syndicates might actually pit, “ angel vs. angel.” Must be doing something right!

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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

Genuine VC

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). There is some correlation here, but not complete alignment, to check size (i.e.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. return on investment after 3.5

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Mass Relevance Launches with Funding

Austin Startup

The team has already secured nearly $2 Million in Series A financing from Mike Maples new firm FLOODGATE, and Austin Ventures. The future is in finding relevance, curating for context, and syndicating this to the right audience at the right place. So far the news has been covered on TechCrunch , and in the Statesman.

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

David Teten

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. Other firms are using Talent Relationship Management tools, e.g., Thrive. .

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

In aggregate, angels are significant investors. Services like Angel List syndicates are disrupting angel investing and reducing the traditional information costs and access issues that have made angel investing more work. Across a dozen different research studies, we’ve seen median returns of 18%-54%.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

In other words, the future of financing is continuous funding, not discrete. The process is called mass syndication, or a party round. Each of those domains would get one point in the aggregated list. This post explains how to raise a single round with no lead, no fixed amount, and a fluid closing date.