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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. Sebastian Soler, CEO of Knowledge.VC , observes, “Structured, accurate and accessible data never really existed before for the private markets, at scale. 4) Manage deal flow.

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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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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

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The company, which originally focused on the development of VoIP solutions for mobile telephones, develops software to aggregate social network input into a single cellular application without taxing the phone’s battery. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring iSkoot Technologies Inc.,

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Startup Resources

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Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Company Guides : They specialize in helping high growth companies and entrepreneurs seeking corporate finance advice and private equity investment. aggregation. Aragon Networks.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.