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

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

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.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. You should come along for the ride if you are interested in investing more in Texas technology and disruptive commerce companies and want to develop relationships with local investors who can be your deal flow.

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. 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. Instead of broadly syndicated rounds, we are seeing much more competition for fewer slots.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

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.’

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2016

After two years of a dedicated experiment, we’ve decided to stop making new investments via our FG Angels Syndicate. The Monday after AngelList announced their Syndicate product in September 2013 we decided to to jump in with both feet and start FG Angels. Average syndicate investment amount per deal: $316k.

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Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor Portfolio 70

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

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2012

We describe Foundry Group ‘s behavior as “syndication agnostic.” ” 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.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Angel Investor 136