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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. For more, see the Startup Studio Playbook.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. The dinner parties now are filled with self-righteous angel investors bragging about how many deals they are in on. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments.

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

David Teten

Public theses are often inconsistent with how firms actually deploy capital. A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. 1) Industry funds.