David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. Among the sites we have found most helpful with practical guides for founders: Biztree , First Search , Foundersuite , Goodwin Founders Workbench , Guides.co , Inc.com , and StartupRocket. .

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

David Teten

MAY 29, 2019

Most private equity professionals fail to see even a majority of the potential deals flowing through their target markets, according to the latest research. Speakers (to date): Dave Harvey, CEO, Harvey & Co LLC. Nadim Malik, founder and CEO, Sutton Place Strategies. Don’t be one of them!

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity LLC 60

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder?

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Read the tea leaves on CEO / Founder psychology The job of running a startup is incredibly stressful and as an industry we’ve started to note the importance of mental health / wellness in our industry. I always try to establish my sense of “founder psychology” between board meetings. Founders are fighting and can’t work together?—?how

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

” From the hyperbolic Jason Calacanis weighing in that “The petty VC’s did everything to deride [Naval, the co-founder of AngelList]” as though the industry was collectively s g its pants that AngelList was going to put us out of business. founder fighting. Social proof can be helpful.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Early Stage 356

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

At the pre-seed stage, when the creator has a concept, the founder’s background, educational qualifications, domain experience, previous ventures, market size, and the complimentary talents brought by the cofounders are some of the most critical variables to consider before investing in a startup.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 124

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. First Round Search , Startupschool , and GSV Passport are examples of comprehensive founder resources from investors. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Advantages. Disadvantages.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. . Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype. Are you politically active?

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Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout.

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Angel Investor Cofounder Southern California .Net 302

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Side Benefits Ideally, a small fund could get you the following, but you have to ask to make sure it’s available: Co-investing opportunities. So what’s the point? Access to the partner.

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Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 134

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. Well yeah, you could potentially find a cofounder. I first did it for the founder. Jason: Yeah. I already write agendas.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . 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. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. As dollars flowed into the industry, cooperation was replaced by competition, to the detriment of deal flow, due diligence, ability to add value and, of course, returns.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. Our co-founder/CEO, Kathy Bartlett, has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, holding positions in a range of industries, from finance to restaurants.

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Chicago Illinois New York City Cofounder 147

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

These funds would regularly share deal flow with one another and could share the work in supporting founders and helping to push the company forward. This post will try to describe why this is happening and what repercussions are for founders and investors. Is This is Good or Bad for Founders?

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

A Crowded Space

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He describes his deal flow process as simply “waiting for the phone to ring.” He doesn’t seek co-investors. If you feel the need to share the risk, run away… it’s not a good deal anyway. . This gives them a unique advantage when it comes to deal flow. Pretty clear philosophy. .

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Technical Review Deal Flow Balance Sheet Down Round 68

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We make a point of keeping our records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry, e.g., CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dow Jones , Mattermark , Palico , Preqin , Pitchbook , and ThomsonReuters , since they are a source of data to LPs and to potential co-investors interested in us. . 4) Manage deal flow.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

. “ DealMarket has been designed by private equity professionals for private equity professionals,&# says DealMarket co-founder and CEO Celine Fillistorf, who hails from Zurich, Switzerland. DealMarket co-founders Alex Vukajlovic and Celine Fillistorf. “It is based on our own extensive experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Access to the best deal flow – I think the most obvious thing you need to be successful is access to the right deals in the first place. Do you have access to that kind of deal flow? Deal flow alone is not good enough. If you do, make sure you’re not the sucker. I could obviously go on.

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Silicon Valley Deal Flow Angel Investor Cofounder 306

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. What tools to VCs use to manage their deal flow and internal processes?

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Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

Have domain expertise in an emerging area that the VC cares about and wants to develop more authority and deal flow around. A number of funds that invest in growth-stage companies have established sourcing teams that essentially cold-call founders and track them over a long period of time. ” That’s pretty much it.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Deal Flow Early Stage 28

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. These are all of the things I heard from a founder that I recently backed. So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising? Nearly half of the teams I’ve backed have female founders.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 162

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

If you are interested in impact investing, I encourage you to join the Impact Finance Center (IFC) and presenting funders The Anschutz Foundation, Zoma Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation , Colorado Health Foundation , and Gary Community Investments at CO Impact Days 2017 , Nov 15-17, in Denver, Colorado.

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Colorado Denver Seattle Cofounder 123

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Combined, these two nations contributed about 95 per cent of deal flow in the region during 2010. According to a report by Grand Thornton 2 , crowdfunding platforms in China made up 28 per cent of global deal flow between 2011 and 2013. When Chinese banks tightened lending in 2013, the number of P2P lenders exploded.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2014

The CEO and founder, Steve Olechowski , was co-founder / COO of FeedBurner, which Google acquired in 2007. For the investors, the clear benefits are: 1) Access to deal flow they wouldn’t otherwise get. We recently funded Blinkfire Analytics using our FG Angels Syndicate.

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Syndicate Syndication Cap Table Due Diligence 148

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. Disclaimer: the author is the Founder & CEO of Gust, and therefore this answer, while completely accurate, is not disinterested. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

Angel Investor 150

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 150

Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

that’s a full third of our deal flow in our first full year of operation. The money is flowing in Dallas too?—?our We have invested in Goodfair, GroupRaise, Evolve Energy, Hypergiant, Spruce, Syzygy Plazmonics and Zenus Biometrics and have strong deals in the pipeline. It’s working?—?40

Houston 86

Houston San Antonio Fort Worth Dallas 86

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. However, we believe in looking at companies first and evaluating them against the thesis the founders articulate, vs. going in with a thesis and looking for companies that fit the thesis.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, posted a brilliant analysis on why VCs have to look for billion dollar companies (“unicorns”) to deliver acceptable returns, and how rare it is to invest in one: “The odds are somewhere between catching a foul ball at an MLB game and being struck by lightning in one’s lifetime.”. Be thesis-driven.

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Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital 153

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Instagram co-founder Keven Systrom describes Burbn as a “failed product” and “wasted engineering time.” His popularity is largely rooted in his personal success—he originally worked as a VC and was in charge of deal flow in Silicon Valley. Never heard of Burbn?

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Silicon Valley Deal Flow Cofounder Affiliate 60

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2012

” When we make an investment, we are completely agnostic as to whether or not we have a co-investor. Because we are syndication agnostic, we are delighted to work with great co-investors and welcome and encourage the interaction and partnership. We describe Foundry Group ‘s behavior as “syndication agnostic.”

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Angel Investor 136

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

But once you reach the point where you need to bring on more bodies, whether as co-founders or employees, your startup faces competition from just about everyone else in the industry. million to not leave for Facebook, Wilson says that this, along with the massive deal flow, is all "unsustainable."

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San Francisco Non-Compete Deal Flow Startup 118

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. Denver, CO?—? RSVP here Sept. New York City, NY Sept.

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. Disclaimer: the author is the Founder & CEO of Gust, and therefore this answer, while completely accurate, is not disinterested. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

Angel Investor 89

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 89