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. . 1) Manage the firm . Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees. 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. Ethics Policy, Expenses policy).

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Management 101. But the differences are worth noting – it’s a young ecosystem, so startup management tools are nearly non-existent. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

Short run manufacturing is getting cheaper and cheaper due to robot manufacturing and improved supply chain management techniques. Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms are radically improving capital efficiency because customers are now paying for product months in advance and because first demand validation is now virtually free.

Open Source 102

Open Source Venture Capital Software Review Aggregator 102

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

It’s true that FoFs provide LPs a way to purchase VC funds in a basket, but by design these are comparatively narrow actively-managed investment funds rather than broad-based passive vehicles. The same is not true for venture capital of course, since the underlying startups VCs invest in aren’t publicly selling their equity.

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LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Management 101. But the differences are worth noting – it’s a young ecosystem, so startup management tools are nearly non-existent. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s an industry that’s long been in need of digitisation and many businesses still find themselves wading through piles of paper invoices, manual processes and managing heterogeneous payment cycles. Managing the timing of payments is critical and can have dire consequences.

B2B 62

B2B Cloud Europe 62

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You'll be responsible for the successful management of the sales organization in order to meet the objectives of the Company. You will hire (over time) and manage a field and inside team of Sales Directors and Market Developers, including for each direct report creating and managing goals directly tied to Company goals.

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

On Wednesday, a group of 13 companies presented to 50 investors, looking to raise an aggregate of $16 million in capital. The companies were all part of Capital Innovators, an accelerator venture fund that has been operating since last fall. Two events this week in St.

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St. Louis Kansas City Technical Review Kansas 127

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 14–15, the Air Force, through AFWERX , hosted a two-day Spark Collider event at Capital Factory to bring newly awarded 19.2 SBIR Phase I companies together with relevant Air Force and venture capital stakeholders. The more successful Jeff became, the more assistance he needed to organize his day-to-day schedule.

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SBIR Government Venture Capital Startup 48

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

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Asset management also shows the traditional earmarks of an industry ripe for disruption — most obviously, unhappy customers and extremely profitable incumbents. Despite this, it’s hard to think of good examples of disruption to asset management in the classic, Clay Christensen sense.

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Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As David Sacks from All in put it: On aggregate, a lot of funding was also deployed to startups in the application layer – investing in founders leveraging generative AI to either solve narrow tasks, or bring automation to tasks to reduce costs, increase accuracy, speed etc.

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Generative AI ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Cofounder 78

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Denis Dougherty of Intersouth Partners was recently interviewed by Brian Gormley of The Wall Street Journal on the decade-long liquidity crisis that continues to plague the venture capital industry. Challenge yourself to do better as a seller! More on this topic to follow…

Acquisition 38

Acquisition Merger Covenant Liquidity Event 38

VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” .

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Venture Capital Global South Africa 174

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. About VC Cafe.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. As we started to focus on what each of us wanted to do, Adam raised his venture capital fund – Plus Capital. She joined Mesa Global where she is doing both venture capital and investment banking. And Adam his.

Early Stage 290

Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. Some institutional investors simply aren’t big enough to have in-house employees to vet and manage a portfolio of VC funds. Lee’s posts also appear regularly on View From Seed. Subscribe here for more.

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LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Panel 1: Creating The Right Deal Flow — Creating & Managing Sustainable, Replicable Strategies. Prestegaard, High Road Capital Partners. Bennett, GroundSwell Capital LLC David C. Intermediaries.

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The Venture Capital in the Rockies 2010 Winter conference is a premier event for both promising companies and attendees,” said Seth Levine, chairman of VCIR and a managing partner at the Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO-based venture capital firm. TopSchool, Inc.

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Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Denver, CO, February 23, 2010 – The Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association today unveiled its final lineup of growth companies at the 27 th annual Venture Capital in the Rockies (VCIR) 2010 Winter conference. 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

ithacaVC

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

A management carve out plan (MCOP) is a written obligation of the company that, in simple terms, provides that certain management members get a predetermined slice of proceeds when a company is sold. As the investors’ aggregate liquidation preference (ALP) increases typically the need for a MCOP also increases.

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Liquidation Preference Management Preferred Stock Dividend 55

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. To be run with separate management, in a separate building, and keep their cultures away from each other. Facebook claim to have done this with Oculus.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. To be run with separate management, in a separate building, and keep their cultures away from each other. Facebook claim to have done this with Oculus.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

I guess it may be impractical for Twitter to acquire Seesmic given it has raised considerable amounts of venture capital (reportedly $12 million) but the broader point for me is that I always believed Twitter should control the client versions of its product. Think about the creative tension.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Developer Management Advertising 287

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! This is a significant guidance revision, which shows the current focus and mindset of the management of these companies.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

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. So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

90 percent of our clients are ordering more than one product at a time, so we’re an aggregator. Of course, managing stress is a priority for any startup founders, but likely a little more so when you’re dealing with life-saving medical equipment that people otherwise would not have access to.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Sweat Equity Social Media Business Model 60

Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

 Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive. ← There is Too Much Venture Capital…Not Too Little 2009 Startup Executive Compensation Survey Opens → [link] Are You In Need Of A Payday Loan Now? Bookmark the permalink.

Term Sheet 52

Term Sheet Intellectual Property Venture Capital Hawaii 52

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2010

According to the Q1 2010 report, Israeli companies managed to raise $234 million from both Israeli and foreign venture capital funds. The decrease in the number of active Israeli VC funds and a reduced amount of capital available for investments, were the main reasons for the decline in capital raising.

Venture Capital 79

Venture Capital Aggregator Finance 79

Growthink Blog

APRIL 22, 2015

Investors interested in aggregating positions in Disruptive Technology Companies at their most opportune moments: after the highly unpredictable Startup stage, but before they become widely known and priced to market. Business Planning Entrepreneurship Financing Investing Jay Turo Management Venture Capital'

Venture Capital 48

Venture Capital Valuation Aggregator Business Model 48

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. 41% of them feel that they qualify for venture capital funding. Add to this that 72.7%

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Before making the decision to join ff Venture Capital , I did some research on early-stage tech investing as an asset class and how it’s evolving. Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. First Round Capital is an example of this.

Early Stage 148

Early Stage Private Equity Portfolio Aggregator 148

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. Looking at the aggregated list gives a quick sense of what funds are actively making investments. Carmel Ventures; Sequoia Capital 6.

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

T he second quarter of 2010 has come and gone and despite the depleting VC and incubator capital in Israel, the quarter has brought approximately 40 deals with over $400 million invested. Looking at the aggregated list gives a quick sense of what funds are actively making investments. Carmel Ventures; Sequoia Capital 6.

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98