David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Sure, there is always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

And Gripne’s paper, Laying the Groundwork for the National Impact Investing Marketplace , makes the case that the reason we do not have $1B impact funds for nonprofits, immigrants, and women, is not because we do not have $50M of institutional quality of deal flow.

Colorado 123

Colorado Denver Seattle Cofounder 123

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2012

Incubators take pride in how exclusive they are and how many "deals" they "reject." Angels and VCs, of course, discard most of their "deal flow." Meet Girish Navani, CEO of eClinicalWorks, a super-successful healthcare IT company based in Boston. We have a large customer base that is growing exponentially." This is wrong.

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Deal Flow Finance Incubator 134

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Even the place that ranks second to the Valley (arguably New York, which has overtaken Boston) is a far cry from how active and developed the funding environment here is. If you’re a venture fund outside of the Valley — even if you’re in Boston or New York, chances are you’re going to have to broaden the net.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Even the place that ranks second to the Valley (arguably New York, which has overtaken Boston) is a far cry from how active and developed the funding environment here is. If you’re a venture fund outside of the Valley — even if you’re in Boston or New York, chances are you’re going to have to broaden the net.

Silicon Valley 112

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 112

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Even though we are a seed-focused VC fund, we were very excited to help organize this event because of our belief that increased angel activity is critical to keep propelling the Boston startup ecosystem (and the local economy) further.

Angel Investor 71

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Cofounder Finance 71