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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Teten: How do corporate VCs interact with the broader VC community? . They invest alongside financial VCs.

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How VCs Structure a Syndicate and Recruit Coinvestors

David Teten

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. This is primarily an advantage for the underlying investor in the company, not the VC leading the syndicate. . Market Insight. Alpha pursues a similar model. Cross-posted on PEHub.

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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. This is above and beyond whatever events and educational opportunities the fund provides for its community, which could also be very useful. Access to other investors. That’s why it might be worth not just being in one fund, but in several.

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Having Conviction

This is going to be BIG.

If there were a reputable investor who invested $100k on good terms and promised to decide yes or no within 24 hours, they''d get access to almost all the best deals, because every good startup would approach them first.". Venture Capital & Technology' And in this context, low-cost means deciding quickly.

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Announcing NextView Ventures II

Rob Go

For a seed stage venture capital firm, product/market fit comes down to two questions. 2) Is your reputation in the market such that great people will want to work with you? It shows that things are working and there is product/market fit, but there is a long way to go towards building an enduring company of great consequence.