David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. 2) Raise capital.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . Set up the basic marketing toolkit: deck, website, accurate online databases, and social media accounts. . Your materials should ideally meet the expectations of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, even if you’re not targeting institutions.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

The Kauffman Foundation points out several reasons why they choose to keep pouring capital into the industry: the J-curve narrative, VC investment allocation mandates (which should disproportionally benefit large funds), the “relationship business” philosophy, and potentially misleading return metrics (such as IRR).

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