David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. We market to four populations: High-potential founders. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Crunchbase. I welcome suggestions.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Four of the portfolio companies have had successful exits: CardMunch was acquired by LinkedIn , BackType was acquired by Twitter , IndexTank was acquired by LinkedIn , and just this week, card.io Not interested in me-too businesses. No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Four of the portfolio companies have had successful exits: CardMunch was acquired by LinkedIn , BackType was acquired by Twitter , IndexTank was acquired by LinkedIn , and just this week, card.io Not interested in me-too businesses. No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. Most of the startups they invested in either died by running out of money before they found a scalable business model or ended up in the “land of the living dead” by never growing (failing to Pivot.).

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

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San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds). Endowments. new buildings, etc).

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LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds). Endowments. new buildings, etc).

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

This is true not only in a firm’s dealings with entrepreneurs but also with it’s limited partners and even within the firm among its partners. For example FRC launched a founders equity exchange fund and various programmatic forms of knowledge sharing like list serves, CEO summits, conferences, etc.

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Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

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.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

K9 expects to be an active investor in portfolio companies and will typically make only 4-6 new investments per year. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. No advertising, content or media businesses which may have a three-way business model, but rather companies which deliver direct value to paying customers.

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The formula will be based on the founders experience, schools they attended and other background information to gauge the likelihood of success. My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. This certainly gives new meaning to " drive by investing " which became popular in the late 90s.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Ill share a few points about how we were successful, but most of the credit goes to Benjamin Wayne , founder and CEO of Fliqz, a passionate, strategic and tactical executive. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28