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Digital.NYC: The First Ecosystem Hub

Gust

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. From our inception we have been perfecting this process from the perspective of deal flow.

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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. Manhattan, New York City, in 1911.

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What is the best way to connect with investors?

Gust

I’d suggest that you browse through the Gust investor search engine for investment groups (and accelerators, incubators, business plan competitions, et al) that are relevant to your startup (by location, industry, type of organization, etc.), Gust News' original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

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Top 3 Startup Winner: Happenstance

The Startup Magazine

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. We plan to start expanding to other markets, such as New York City and San Francisco, in a few years. So, we’re building ourselves into listeners’ regular habits.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. Making good (development) investments requires all the deal flow generation and evaluation work of a professional investor; the alternative is poor selection.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

Even the place that ranks second to the Valley (arguably New York, which has overtaken Boston) is a far cry from how active and developed the funding environment here is. If you’re a venture fund outside of the Valley — even if you’re in Boston or New York, chances are you’re going to have to broaden the net.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

Even the place that ranks second to the Valley (arguably New York, which has overtaken Boston) is a far cry from how active and developed the funding environment here is. If you’re a venture fund outside of the Valley — even if you’re in Boston or New York, chances are you’re going to have to broaden the net.