David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Also see Preqin’s Key Due Diligence Considerations for Private Equity Investors. . VC and private equity are very illiquid on both the investing and the personnel side.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

The New York Times says the new fund is a signal that Silicon Valley is being revived, but according to the Wall Street Journal , it was lower fees and carry that facilitated securing the capital: It helped that Battery proactively offered some investor-friendly terms.

North America 76

North America Silicon Valley Private Equity 76

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There’s a wide range of intermediaries for venture capital and private equity investment, each with its own structure and business model. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs). Why Write About This Now? It was the confluence of three unconnected things.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Portfolio 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There’s a wide range of intermediaries for venture capital and private equity investment, each with its own structure and business model. What Are These Intermediaries? The main ones include: Fund of Funds (FoFs). What prompted me to think about this now? It was the confluence of three unconnected things.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

During the early days, these are your key contributors and they must be willing to put as much sweat equity into the organization as you are. VCs tend to gain most of their returns through carried interest- a percentage received as compensation from the profits of a hedge fund or private equity.

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

The Economics of Private Equity Funds demonstrates that the VC industry survives mostly on fee-based income (of which larger funds have a proportionally larger amount). Therefore, large funds are beneficiaries of survivorship bias, given the inherent conservatism of institutional LPs.

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

BeyondVC

JUNE 29, 2005

Every year the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst puts together a show where fund managers can listen to what the LP community is interested in and where they plan on allocating their dollars. We make money when our LPs make money which means that the companies we fund and entrepreneurs that we back need to be successful.

LP 60

LP Private Equity Due Diligence Venture Capital 60