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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

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?

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The Series A Round: “Could A Round By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?”

Haystack

Looking back on this, in a way, it’s silly; yet, for seed-stage investors and the founders we back, getting companies from seed to Series A is a really important milestone, a milestone I’ve likened to getting into the graduate school of one’s choice. And who specifically did those Series A rounds?

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What if the squirrel could see?

A Crowded Space

Dave and Matt make a compelling case for diversification, especially at the very early seed stage. I can’t simply look at a database of startups and write 200 checks to startups for 100K each for a 20M fund. Much of the difference in opinion and approach stems from differences in stage of investment.

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Evolving our investment strategy

The Equity Kicker

Suitable for early stage investment. conversational interfaces to FAQ databases can improve customer service). How much AI talent is required at pre-seed and seed stage Applied AI startups and can we find enough companies with that talent? We can articulate a few underlying investment theses.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

They all use the same simple-minded model.They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how todo database matches instead of how dating works in the real world.An Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels." the seed stage, investors dont expect you to have an elaboratebusiness plan.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. Understanding the market and establishing product/market fit is a critical seed-stage milestone. In 2014, for example, 18 IPOs raised a record-breaking $9.8 billion in 2013.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

125 theses so far submitted by investors into the OpenVC database. A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . Out of 125 funds in the database, 33 state they invest in 1 type of technology (e.g.