YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

AI is getting tremendous attention and significant venture capital, but AI tools frequently underwhelm in the trenches. In areas such as contract intelligence, tools that are trained on large publicly available data, such as the SEC’s EDGAR database, can be an exception to this problem.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. We maintain a database of these corporations’ priority needs — allowing us to identify early clients for companies we back. – A tool to automatically update all databases (Crunchbase, CB Insights, etc.)

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. Lowering that failure rate would be highly impactful on venture capitalist returns, if we could figure out how to do it. Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG.

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Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

1) Corporate Venture Capital. Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. Nike hosts a program called Nike+ Accelerator which offers 10 partner companies “Support As You Go,” during a 3-month period in which they are each given $20,000.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Support Venture Capital Balance Sheet 114

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

Apollo.io, backed by Nexus Venture Partners and Y Combinator, has introduced an intelligent sales platform that is self-service and provides 50 free credits per month. The venture capital firm oversees 1.5 billion dollars across its funds and was founded in 2006. According to Apollo.io ” Apollo.io

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Sales Silicon Valley Database Venture Capital 88

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 12, 2014

At Forward Partners we set out our stall to do much more for companies than just provide capital. Responsibilities will include helping companies build out a talent plan, building and maintaining a database of London’s best candidates, and managing recruitment processes. We’re hiring again !

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.”

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

SiliconHills

MARCH 29, 2018

SpyCloud announced this week that it has received $5 million in venture capital funding. Austin-based Silverton Partners and March Capital Partners led the Series A round. SpyCloud plans to use the funding on product development, security research and to expand its database of assets.

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Austin Database Venture Capital Security 64

BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We couldn’t be more excited to be leading this new round of capital again with Canaan Partners and including Heavybit, FundFire, and Peter Mckay (Co-CEO of Veeam) (see Techcrunch for more coverage). Our initial journey goes way back as we were investors in Guy Podjarny’s previous company, Blaze.io, which sold to Akamai in 2012.

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Open Source Security Cofounder Software Review 60

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Affectiva ’s database of facial emotional responses is in this category, as are Pallas Ludens (end to end data annotation service), and opensensors.io (adding value to public sources of sensor data). has partnered with the National Health Service in the UK to deliver personalised health assistance via an app. Better search.

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Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Software Review Startup 60

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

On top of that throw in a bunch of web servers and SQL databases, cross-platform 3D graphics code and a highly scalable physics engine and you get the idea. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. We have a deep technology stack.

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San Francisco CTO Hire Developer EC2 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Find partners or investors. Limited Liability Company (LLC) – a structure that permits owners, partners or shareholders to limit personal liability, but still includes tax and flexibility benefits associated with a partnership. The SBA’s database lets you search for licensing requirements by state and business type.

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Angel Investor Small Business Business Plan Intellectual Property 85

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

It looks as though you’ve built a very interesting business, and I’d love to spend some time getting a better understanding of your future plans for the company and if there is an opportunity to partner with [My Firm]. They are at the tops of their classes and want to get into private equity or venture capital some day.

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Programming Entrepreneur Private Equity Equity 294

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

It also helps with building up a “lessons learned” knowledge database to avoid costly mistakes in the future. Investors, partners, and creditors will want to see that you’ve put in the time and effort before offering their support. Which can lead to more funding down the road from both venture capitals and banks alike.

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Business Plan Balance Sheet Revenue Metrics 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

So I found a project in a database at Accenture looking for somebody with my background. They called the partner in America responsible for the project, Grieg Coppe, put him on the phone and he said, “what the hell are you doing there?” I left Accenture a year before making Partner. Ok, maybe I was. Be politely persistent.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Most significant VCs in New York , including ff Venture Capital , are active investors in fintech. Aquiline Capital Partners. Conversion Capital. FTV Capital. Green Visor Capital. IA Capital Group. Motive Partners. NYCA Partners. Pivot Investment Partners. Citi Ventures.

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New York Community DC Boston 60

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is the foundational layer of cloud computing, and includes raw storage, compute, backup, disaster recovery, databases, and security. The internet is your new channel and Technology Enabled Service providers are among the few partners that actually care if you succeed (more.) Venture Capital. (3).

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Software Review Cloud Technical Review Sales Cycle 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

And just like with VC’s – it is as much the partner your working wit as the group more broadly. They have great people and probably some duffers. All deals – especially (but not only) those that got venture funded. In LA we have www.socaltech.com but in every market there’s some sort of database.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

Through this work, they’ve created their innovation index, a database intended as a free public health resource for what medical products are in development across the world. Allyson and her partner knew where not to look for funding, so they could focus their energy in the right places. We will work until we get it right.”

Cofounder 60

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Board Effect

JUNE 10, 2019

Using Databases to Find Grants. Databases can be a good place to find individuals and groups that offer grants. There may be thousands of grantors listed and the databases can be confusing to use. Do your research on grant-makers carefully to ensure that they’re legitimate. .

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Small Business Administration SBA Startup Database 70

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

You may decide that where you are now compared to where you'll be in three months isn't a good time, and that's fine, but let's not pretend that you're not a tech entrepreneur in the office of a venture capital firm. That's kind like when people meet in *those* sections of Craigslist tell you they've never done this before.

Technical Review 114

Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence Venture Capital 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. We had to buy expensive Sun servers, Oracle databases, Unix licenses and build complex software.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. If you’re not ready to buy then you go into an email database. If you meet a partner who really seems to like you buy he/she is in the process of closing another deal it may be a good 2-3 months until he’s ready to look seriously at another deal.

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Sales Sales Cycle Startup Reputation 319

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

See the Techcrunch posts by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank , my recent post on the quality of angel returns data , as well as reports from the Silicon Valley Bank and Kauffman Foundation. Partners at smaller funds, by contrast, have to hustle before they can cover their mortgage.

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LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

David Teten

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

You can also look in online investment banker databases. Because of Axial’s unique model, they are integrally involved in much of a transaction process, so have a very different dataset about their advisors than other databases. The frequent marketers are not logically also the optimal investment banker for you.

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Investment Bankers Database Private Equity SEC 60

K9 Ventures

JUNE 30, 2016

Every few weeks one of the founders of K9 Ventures’ portfolio companies forward over an email they’ve received from a “Partner” at a VC firm. Before you go any further, go read this post: Partner, Partner, Partner. Partner. <Firm Can we schedule an introductory call this week?

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2010

ClickFox , the Israeli-American startup developing optimization software for customer service centers, announced it has raised $18 million in financing from a syndicate led by Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (AIP). Israel’s Jerusalem Venture Partners sold part of its stake in Qlik Technologies Inc.

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Stock Syndicate Syndication Database 90

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 30, 2010

If I’m depending on someone to sell to the retail merchant population, a notoriously tough nut to crack, I think I’d rather walk out of a meeting with the sense that “That guy can sell” or “I’d trust her as a partner” than “That person can solve a quantum physics equation.” Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

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Venture Capital Startup Database Differentiation 99

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. It’s more of a reflection of investor appetite and belief in future growth potential.

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). I’m sure others have, too.

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I listed on many databases – some MBA, some not.

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NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The following organizations and databases can help: [link] [link] [link] 2. You assume the decision-maker is the Managing Partner, because they’re the boss. As Sputnik ATX Partner, Joe Merrill says, perfection is the enemy of execution. How do you know, and what are their incentives to buy?

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Guinea Founder Venture Capital Reputation 62

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

We have a myriad of connections to local Venture Capital firms, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and many other important individuals. Database Expertise: MSSQL/MySQL – Relational database design and programming, stored procedures, triggers, reporting, and administration.

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Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40