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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks.

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

David Teten

A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners.

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The most important person on the startup team

Berkonomics

500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels. founder and CEO of Gust, the angel financing platform used by over 50,000. accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering. BUT good ideas are NOT hard to find.

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ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

Professor VC

An excellent question to ponder as the school year begins, but the answer depends on whether you are looking for a plumber or an angel investor. Many of my students are finance majors, so I spend the first class with a (very) brief corporate finance review with the hint that very little applies to start-up finance.