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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

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. . Pitchbot.vc 3) Originate investments.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. 3) Raise capital.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds. A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy very discreet.