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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Some corporate funds now lead rounds. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. Teten: What makes for a good vs. bad corporate venture investor? Could they excel at customer development with enterprises?

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. twenty in your wallet?

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