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The LP Opportunity to Change Tech Culture

thebarefootvc

Broaden Search for New Fund Relationships : Most of these institutional LPs only add a few new fund relationships a year. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow. The post The LP Opportunity to Change Tech Culture appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

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

David Teten

First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. – Provide hands-on operational support for portfolio companies.

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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. Are investors allowed to come into deals that the fund does side by side with the fund? This creates a source of deal flow for investors who aren’t out there full time creating opportunities. Access to the partner.

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Fundraising advice for emerging GP’s

Version One Ventures

Since then, I’ve received 200+ inbound leads (and counting). Have backed close to 20 emerging GP's over the past 5 yrs & looking to add 3-4 more to the portfolio this year. The first is the fund that you would ideally raise if LP capital was not a constraining factor. generalist focus, operator background).

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 4) Manage deal flow. 6) Negotiate deal.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

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. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ Her answer? ‘I

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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

I spend tons of time each day on portfolio company issues. I spent a late morning meeting with a product exec at one portfolio company. I spent time talking with 2 senior execs who are separately joining two of my portfolio companies. We call these investors “LPs” for limited partners. Marketing.

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