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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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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Jim Toth writes, “One thing that makes us different is that we live inside of an $8Bn private equity firm. We developed Scaleworks venture finance loans to fill a need we saw for our own B2B SaaS companies. ARR of $500K+.

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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. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. 1) Manage the firm .