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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12).

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

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). There are a lot of options here, so I don’t want to go into much detail.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). There are a lot of options here, so I don’t want to go into much detail.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Angel groups using Gust. Acquirer/ Investor.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. The jury is out on whether the increasing ease of angel investing will potentially lower returns.