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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). . At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. to motivate their angel community to support their startups.

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

It’s enough to see the rapid adoption of new social platforms from Signal in messaging to Clubhouse’s $1 billion valuation in less than a year. Read A16Z’s social strikes back series to get a feel of just how much movement is in this space. Snap and Tiktok fighting for users (source: eMarketer ). Immersive ar/vr/xr.

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$43.2 Million That Can Help You

Growthink Blog

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. million led by Greycroft Partners and BV Capital.

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e(verywhere)-Commerce

This is going to be BIG.

I’m sure at some point, the best of these deals will be syndicated to Homerun , Groupon, Buywithme, etc., Community is one solution I had in mind. A good example is the Etsy seller community which does a lot for new sellers to help them get up and running—sharing best practices about taking photos, copy, pricing, etc.

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ).

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. 2 weeks ago.