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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. The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”. But we’re doing it slowly. 1) Market fund.

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share. Professional expert networks allow you to efficiently convert your financial capital into relationship capital.

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Our Investing Manifesto at NextView

Rob Go

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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2012 Recap and Final Close at $19M

Version One Ventures

and Canada… with startups in the Bay area, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Portland, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver. Our original target was $10M, so I’m extremely grateful at the confidence our investors placed in the fund.

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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. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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What Is NextView’s Focus? Another Stroll Through Our Portfolio

Rob Go

This means that we like working as a catalyst for a round, negotiate terms, bring in other investors, and sit on boards. The fact that each member of our team has worked at larger, institutional venture capital firms is an important asset. Type of Product and Business: Consumer vs. B2B. This isn’t a quota.