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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. For brand new companies, inherently there is little data available on the corporation, and also typically little data on the efficacy of the newly composed team as a group.

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

David Teten

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. ff Venture Capital.

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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. . A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

So if youre going to sell cheap stockto eminent angels, do it early, when its natural for the companyto have a low valuation. Some angel investors join together in syndicates. In the Bay Area its the Bandof Angels. You can find groups near you through the Angel Capital Association. [