David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Even for later-stage companies with predictable financials, the lack of liquidity, audited financials, and standardized metrics creates real challenges to scaling quantitative investing. Later stage investors are using private company marketplace services focused on more established companies, listed below under “Exit Investments”.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Later stage companies have some additional concerns: What favorable impact could IP have for PR, marketing and investor relations purposes, or as an attraction to potential acquirors? How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ?

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One of the people I respect the most in the VC/PE media ecosystem is Dan Primack. Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. It’s a legitimate stage of financing in the venture eco-system as of this writing (October 2017). Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Q: Is Pre-Seed a Thing?

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Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

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. Individual.

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

This is thanks to my participation in social media. These changes would lead me to believe that simply aggregating supply and demand isn't enough of a function for angel groups to survive. The Internet is making finding co-investors easier--and I don't mean just on AngelList. The Internet already does a pretty good job of that.

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Aggregator New York 124