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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. The best corporate investors strive to move fast even in the face of more complex approval and due diligence processes imposed by their parent companies. They invest alongside financial VCs.

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

David Teten

Sources like Crunchbase , Angel List , and Seed Invest even give this data away for free or very low cost. 5) Due diligence. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g.,