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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Best of luck.

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

David Teten

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Excel and Google simply aren’t going to cut it if you expect to build a high quality institutional investor base.”. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. 2) Market

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

David Teten

We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. Angel groups using Gust. They’re the entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of their respective disciplines. 2009) [ii].

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How Can Israeli Startups Raise Funding in Silicon Valley?

VC Cafe

My key takeaways from talking to roughly 40 institutional investors in the valley about investing to an European startup are: Traction cures all ills. Pitch to your advisors, to US entrepreneurs, to your colleagues, wife, what not. Several entrepreneurs tend to agree with that. And what do the investors think?

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

Since I became an institutional investor, my #1 learning is: this is a highly unusual and somewhat baffling industry. Angel investors earn higher returns than small VCs, who in turn earn higher returns than large VCs, let alone most other asset classes. Photo credit: JD Hancock. Previously published in Forbes.