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

David Teten

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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When should you go for equity financing?

Berkonomics

In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments. Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups. How many angel groups are there?

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

View from Seed

A little under a year ago, we hosted an event called Angel Bootcamp that was a primer for folks thinking about getting into angel investing. Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). This is sometimes really tough for former operators.

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

View from Seed

A little under a year ago, we hosted an event called Angel Bootcamp that was a primer for folks thinking about getting into angel investing. Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). This is sometimes really tough for former operators.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more. These anticipated outcomes were validated by “ Returns to Angels in Groups ” by Professor Rob Wiltbank in November 2007. Product/Technology 0-15%.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Most startups operate close to themargin of failure, and the distraction of having to deal with clientscould be enough to put you over the edge.