David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. I still prefer angel route 1 (above) but this is the next best option in my mind. Professional angel associations – This one is the source of much controversy. And each town has their own group. Have they added value?

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

How Crowdfunding is Affecting Angel Group Investment. government’s long standing restrictions on fundraising has given life to a new type of financing called crowdfunding that allows Angel and other early stage investors to quickly assemble a group of investors over the internet.

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Angel Groups Accredited Investor Angel Investor Due Diligence 51

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

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.

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Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

They have too many highly paid partners, fat fees, an aging corporate infrastructure and difficulty raising money from institutions. Super Angels are individuals or small teams using their own money. As lifecycle investment partners, they have become weighted down with portfolios still recovering from the economic downturn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby.

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

This is true when it comes to early-stage funding, but also as it relates to support platforms being built by local firms to help Boston-based startups. This group includes firms like Hyperplane , focused on machine learning, and Procyon Ventures , focused on next-gen infrastructure, machine learning, and the IoT software spaces.

Boston 215

Boston Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Semantic 215

Gust

JUNE 25, 2014

Both are useful additions to the early stage entrepreneurial ecosystem. Both platforms allow investors (and others) to search for companies by criteria such as name, keyword and location. Note: the author is the CEO of Gust, and therefore clearly biased. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *. Gust News'

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Rick Holdren and Rohit Saxena then discussed Medi-Code , an integration solution for small hospitals (up to 150 beds) and small physician practice groups ($5 million to $20 million annual revenue) to connect with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as a requirement of the healthcare regulatory changes coming in 2012. If possible, of course.

Partner 117

Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

Gust

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Leaders and active members of all the major North American angel groups attend this three day conference, along with a large delegation of international business angels. NACO National Angel Summit. This is the big one, which rotates among different cities in the US each year. NVCA Annual Meeting.

Angel Investor 125

Angel Investor Global Angel Groups Europe 125

David Teten

MARCH 8, 2013

Introductions: Dan Rosen (Partner, Commerce Ventures; Learning Officer- HBS Alumni Angels). Speaker: David Teten (Partner, ff Venture Capital, and Chair, HBS Alumni Angels NY). How to make the most out of angel group participation. Latest trends in angel investing and where the industry is headed.

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San Francisco Venture Capital Angel Groups LLC 114

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

At the early stage, the ranks of the non-partner investor are disappearing. VC firms are going back to being mostly partner driven shops, where dealflow and decisions stay up top. Christina Bechhold didn''t forget that--and so she co-founded her own angel group.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

And in order to increase our groups returns, one of our goals should be to get more people and man hours involved in the diligence process. This feels about right for an early stage angel investment and no reason that the process needs to drag out for months and even weeks. Labels: angel investing , Black Swan.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

. - Susan Balloch, Managing Director, Golden Seeds; formerly Executive Director and Principal, The Blackstone Group. Karen Bantuveris, CEO of VolunteerSpot ( ff VC and angel-backed startup with 2.5m David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. 6:30 Registration. Robert Dahl.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

The good news for Techcrunch readers: Every major study conducted to date has placed angel investors’ IRR between 18 and 38 percent, as summarized by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank in prior Techcrunch articles. The only way to get data is to reach out to individual angels.

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IRR Angel Investor Angel Groups Cofounder 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Allen points to the support that StatSheet received from the NCIDEA , a program that grants very early stage companies funding. There are numerous other seed funding sources, including Southern Capital , IDEA Fund Partners, and at least three angel groups.

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North Carolina Raleigh United States Angel Groups 151

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In the early days of the current internet age, the center of Dallas venture capital was the Galleria area. Jackie Kimzey , one of the early Sevin Rosen general partners, is a fellow professor on the faculty of UT Dallas with me.) Specifically, the 16th floor of Galleria Two , anchored by Sevin Rosen , famous for Compaq.

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Dallas Austin Texas Cofounder 60

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. Reformation Partners Fund I is a $20M fund with check sizes ranging from $500k-$1.5M; the firm targets 7.5%-20% 20% initial ownership.

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

I think that the team from Palo Alto Software, I think I saw some partners that are in this area that just focus on that early stage business. It’s a really great way to get funded from an angel perspective, and also get introductions to that angel group. Sabrina: Absolutely, we work with Gust.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. Labels: angel groups , valuation. See you next time. Steve Bennet.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Earlier this month, I reported on the most current survey of angel groups: 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Berkonomics

JANUARY 9, 2014

He is Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurism and Business Ethics, and Chairman Emeritus of the Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel group in the United States. Nowhere is this more evident than with the issues related to business partners. In many ways having a business partner is like getting married.

Partner 114

Partner Technical Review Due Diligence CPA 114

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

(And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you. And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.).

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

(And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you. And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.).

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. Acquirer/ Investor. ff Venture Capital.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

The article, " More Guardian, Less Angel " discusses how CFOs add value to angel groups by helping to kill deals. I spent most of the time with the reporter talking about Sand Hill Angels and how we add value to the start-ups and entrepreneurs that we partner with, which is why I just have a small mention in the article.

Angel Groups 28

Angel Groups San Jose Early Stage Angel Investor 28

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

We have four non-US portfolio companies , many of which have or will soon have employees in the US. - Creating angel groups with other alumni organizations, using Harvard Business School Angels as a model , e.g., alumni of major NY schools (Columbia, NYU) and institutions (McKinsey, Goldman Sachs).

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. We got real close a couple of times to great investment partners. We pitched. And we pitched.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2012

We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages. Real estate.

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 237

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group. Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.Needless to say, you should never do this. Deal terms with angels vary a lot. Angels and even VC firms occasionally do this, but they alsoinvest at later stages.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2011

We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages. Real estate.

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Angel Investor Angel Groups Early Stage Startup 217

Gust

JULY 1, 2012

We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages. Real estate.

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 143

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

The 3 traditional methods of early-stage private equity diversification all have significant drawbacks: 1. Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. Building a Portfolio One Company At A Time.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

The 3 traditional methods of early-stage private equity diversification all have significant drawbacks: 1. Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. Building a Portfolio One Company At A Time.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63