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Is @AngelList Syndicates Really Such a Big Deal?

Both Sides of the Table

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” My favorite new VC blogger, Hunter Walk, weighed in with some thoughtful comments about how Syndicates might actually pit, “ angel vs. angel.” Must be doing something right!

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

Founders and LPs will read into your personal vacation pictures on instagram, just as much as they’ll consider the amount of time you spend responding to comments on LinkedIn articles. I typically share my draft article with relevant domain experts, which makes me more educated about the topic I’m digging into. 2) Researching a topic.

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How VCs Structure a Syndicate and Recruit Coinvestors

David Teten

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. This is primarily an advantage for the underlying investor in the company, not the VC leading the syndicate. . Market Insight. Alpha pursues a similar model. Cross-posted on PEHub.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

I thought it would be helpful to compile my past articles in one place. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

I thought it would be helpful to compile my past articles in one place. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence.

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Down Rounds: Deal With Reality

Feld Thoughts

She has a good article today in TechCrunch titled Embrace the down round (it’s going to be okay, maybe). Sometimes, given your syndicate configuration, you have no choice but to take structure in a new round. Connie Loizos is one of the long-time tech industry writers who I respect. and a bunch of other things.