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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Equity VC is a “get rich slow” business.

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

David Teten

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies. Capital Appropriate : Companies whose capital needs over the life of the business make sense given the potential size of the opportunity/exit. Hyper-local : The entire team should be located in the SF Bay Area.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies. Capital Appropriate : Companies whose capital needs over the life of the business make sense given the potential size of the opportunity/exit. Hyper-local : The entire team should be located in the SF Bay Area.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

Management has the wrong pedigree, is geographically undesirable, competes in the wrong industry, and/or has a business model that lacks "scalability credibility" with the venture community. At the end of the period, all profits and proceeds are distributed to the various partners on a pre-determined split.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 2) Market .