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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
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. The private markets are more opaque; they offer less of the hard data critical to a true quant approach. But we’re doing it slowly. 9% (1 / 12). 1) Market fund.
David Teten
JULY 25, 2017
As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? 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.
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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. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. This also should lower the failure rate of our companies. - Providing standardized operational support for portfolio companies. What was striking was what an attractive asset class it was.
David Teten
JUNE 1, 2011
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). Otherwise, private owners tend to have unrealistic expectations or an arbitrary sale price expectation. Intermediaries.
David Teten
DECEMBER 12, 2017
In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. How can accelerating portfolio company value be aided by use of software?
View from Seed
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Some VC firms have eschewed taking direct investments from public pension funds, as state laws now sometimes require these pension funds to publicly disclose information about their investments that VCs consider sensitive, confidential info, like fund-level returns or individual companies in the portfolio. Endowments. new buildings, etc).
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