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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. The Funding Problem.

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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

1) Corporate Venture Capital. Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. Some corporations emulate this model by creating their own wholly-owned VC entities, typically with one LP: the corporate balance sheet. 4) Accelerators.

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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. . Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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ProfessorVC: Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct

Professor VC

always focus on the business model and assumptions, but there are too many unknowns to put much faith in the future cash flow projections. I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. Labels: due diligence , financial analysis , venture capital. Steve Bennet. at 1:04 PM.

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Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

Here are a few hand-picked deals by VC Cafe: June 22, 2010 – Moblica , the parent company of Snaptu , developer of a free mobile app for non-touch phones, announced that it has raised $6 million in its series B round of funding led by new investor Carmel Ventures and joined by existing investor Sequoia Capital.

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Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

Here are a few hand-picked deals by VC Cafe: June 22, 2010 – Moblica , the parent company of Snaptu , developer of a free mobile app for non-touch phones, announced that it has raised $6 million in its series B round of funding led by new investor Carmel Ventures and joined by existing investor Sequoia Capital.