David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa. Technical founders .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Many of us in the seed stage ecosystem have noticed a shift in the way seed rounds are coming together. Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

You've decided to spread that across Z funds and you hope your portfolio meets some threshold. Rather than see LP interactions as a chore or a burden, new fund managers should see this as an opportunity to extend the community around their fund. LPs could represent meaningful co-investors on deals and great mentors to founders.

Limited Partner 60

Limited Partner Venture Capital Partner LP 60

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2015

We had a blast together and as we went out to raise our Foundry 2007 fund, Scott made several introductions which resulted in two wonderful, long term LP relationships. When we started Mobius, we were four founders and two EAs. A year or two later they had less than 3% market share on mobile.

Advisory Board 70

Advisory Board Venture Capital LP Seed Stage 70