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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. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

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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. . I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Meet the 32 Israeli Centaurs that reached $100M in ARR

VC Cafe

The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. But becoming a Unicorn, or receiving a billion dollar valuation is no longer an indication of growth.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

125 theses so far submitted by investors into the OpenVC database. Our four primary learnings: Public theses are often inconsistent with how firms actually deploy capital. “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. of venture capital deals. software”); 43 invest in 2 types of technology (e.g.,

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. Code for America Chooses 20 Developer. View More » Apple iOS 4.2

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Simple editing.