David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

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. Tech stack.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

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. Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Venture Debt.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Not interested in me-too businesses. 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.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Not interested in me-too businesses. 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.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

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. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth.

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Mamoon Ismail Khalid, Venture Associate at Quake Capital Partners in New York City, describes their deal sourcing approach as follows: “We use a new Web Interface to collect information from our applicants in a standardized manner. We store it in a logically indexed manner and apply Predictive Analytics on companies’ metadata.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60