Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 years ago. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel.

Los Angeles 387

Los Angeles Intellectual Property LP Venture Capital 387

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

A director who hasn’t had a pre-conversation with management will not be as effective in the board meeting. Have calls or emails with other board members before the board meeting Equally I spend a lot of time talking with other non-management board member prior to the board meeting. even if they don’t necessarily agree on every topic.

Cofounder 251

Cofounder Conversion Management Founder 251

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). We want to find someone who has a lot of consumer internet product experience as either product manager, founder, VP Product, etc. Then take a year as a product manager in a startup in the firm’s portfolio. People skills.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

As a result of the fact that the typical business being evaluated by seed-stage investors needs a substantial amount of sales data or experience to draw on, seed-stage investors will consider the expected growth trajectory and existing track record, management, market share, and dangers. What is the Evaluation of the Funding?

Seed Stage 126

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 126

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.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. ACA member angel groups represent a wealth of accredited investors and are funding approximately 800 new companies each year, and managing an ongoing portfolio of more than 5,000 companies throughout North America.

North America 337

North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The event presenter, FUND, is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. I have over 20 years of experience building online solutions and digital marketing campaigns, and have served in both executive management and board roles for companies.

Technical Review 153

Technical Review Software Review Illinois Due Diligence 153

Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This timely information is complemented by searchable, user-managed profiles of every startup, investor, incubator, and accelerator in NYC. From our inception we have been perfecting this process from the perspective of deal flow.

Early Stage 133

Early Stage Technical Review New York Deal Flow 133

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Once you have assembled the right core team, I recommend prioritizing as follows: First, meet with your portfolio company management. Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe advertises that “60% of WCAS XII portfolio companies benefit from repeat management.” A true industry luminary will help in deal flow & differentiation .

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP© will be operated through NAIC’s subsidiary, The Marathon Foundation, a business development network that supports entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. The Marathon Foundation (TMF) is a business development network dedicated to entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Lisa Edgar, Managing Director at fund of funds Top Tier Capital Partners , observed: “It’s not surprising that venture capitalists are using software to help manage their business.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. This is a model used in at least one case by China’s third-largest private equity firm, China Science & Merchants Investment Management Group ($12 billion+ AUM), which funded in 2015 CSC Upshot, a $400m seed fund through AngelList.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

That means they spend a lot less time actively seeking out new deals than they do responding to inbound deal flow. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I was building a document management company and he was building a document signature company. But returns are partly a function of whether one can get access to great deal flow. I know it will be hard for you to believe in 2015 but in 2006 Palo Alto (where I lived) was kind of dead. Question not.

LP 150

LP Technical Review Deal Flow 150

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

As one fellow VC said to me, “Raising a fund for an emerging manager in 2024 might be one of the hardest things you can do”. In this market, emerging managers should be more focused on the minimum viable fund rather than their ideal fund. Address your investing experience Becoming a successful fund manager doesn’t happen overnight.

LP 73

LP Differentiation Deal Flow India 73

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Limited partners (LPs), who manage the capital that gets deployed into venture capital funds, can play an important role in diversifying the funding landscape. The reality is that many underrepresented fund managers start off with small funds and go through several fund cycles to build to a $100M fund.

LP 65

LP Technical Review Silicon Valley Limited Partner 65

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As such, creating a functional clone of Gust (including all the features under the hood, and ones that have not yet been released), using world-class engineers and state-of-the-art, 2012 project management in Ruby on Rails, would take roughly 20 person-years from soup to nuts (figure about 1/3 of that in product/UX/UI and 2/3 in actual coding.)

Belarus 107

Belarus Kazakhstan Portugal Accredited Investor 107

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN AMOS SCHWARTZFARB REVEALS DETAILS ON SEPT. Austin-based author, tech investor and Managing Director of Techstars Austin Amos Schwartzfarb reveals details for the launch event for his new book “Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups,” published by Wiley.

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

Boy, do I wish there was a magical Gmail extension to let me manage my startup deals! Gust (the company I founded) is the online platform used by over 45,000 accredited angel investors and VCs, from over 1,000 angel groups and venture funds, in 74 countries, to manage their startup deals.

Angel Investor 119

Angel Investor Belarus Portugal Accredited Investor 119

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. 4) Manage deal flow. 6) Negotiate deal. Pitchbot.vc

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. ACA member angel groups represent a wealth of accredited investors and are funding approximately 800 new companies each year, and managing an ongoing portfolio of more than 5,000 companies throughout North America.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

VC Cafe

JULY 31, 2020

To be an effective VC, proactivity is part of the job description: Proactively learn about new companies trends and markets Proactively network (deal flow, peers, industry partners) Proactively seek opportunities to help. My interpretation for the world of VC is effective time management.

Venture Capital 183

Venture Capital Deal Flow Silicon Valley Portfolio 183

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

It boasts 448 member-managed groups and VCs, 15,414 investors, and 2,400 new company applications a month. As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor North America South America Accredited Investor 120

A Crowded Space

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He describes his deal flow process as simply “waiting for the phone to ring.” In VC: I see a fair number of deals that have reached some point of stagnation that are seeking a flat or down round. Assets under management are well over $200B. This gives them a unique advantage when it comes to deal flow.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Deal Flow Balance Sheet Down Round 68

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

. – Indiegogo.com is a crowd-funding platform allowing contributors to empower hundreds of thousands of inventors, musicians, do-gooders, filmmakers – and many more – to bring their dreams to life. – Clarity.com proactively advises you on managing your personal finances efficiently. Are you politically active?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

After stints as a technology investment banker, a dot-com entrepreneur, and a product manager in Silicon Valley, I moved to Los Angeles in 2006. Certainly it is a negative to not have acquired the basic skills of product management. The top tier funds see almost all of the best deals. Ability” vs. “Knowledge”.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The problem is that this is longer than the average economic cycle , which means you need to be able to manage in good times and bad. It was an investment management class. .&# The reality is that the “big winners&# in business that drive extra-ordinary returns often take 7-10 years to materialize. People buy at the wrong times.

Florida 299

Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

Boy, do I wish there was a magical Gmail extension to let me manage my startup deals! Gust (the company I founded) is the online platform used by over 45,000 accredited angel investors and VCs, from over 1,000 angel groups and venture funds, in 74 countries, to manage their startup deals.

Angel Investor 70

Angel Investor Belarus Portugal Accredited Investor 70

David Cohen

JUNE 18, 2022

I’ve led political coalitions, run for office, written policy, managed grassroots and grass tops work in healthcare, education, and criminal justice reform. She has the authority to hire and place other people of color in leadership in ways that creates the same freedoms for them that she has found.

Kansas City 136

Kansas City Kansas Equity Deal Flow 136

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

And when you look at the tools that we use, I mean we’ve made so many technological advances, but really to manage a meeting there’s not a practical tool available. We use email; we use Word; we use task manager; we use a file sharing tool. They are so happy that they finally have a tool to manage their business.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

This is not to say that there is no competition for deals in Seattle, Boston, New York and elsewhere.) While deal flow may not be as high where you are now located, attempting to break into the Valley will be daunting. To economic developers : Don’t think or say “we are going to create the next Silicon Valley here!”

Silicon Valley 107

Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

As dollars flowed into the industry, cooperation was replaced by competition, to the detriment of deal flow, due diligence, ability to add value and, of course, returns. JMB Realty: Real Estate Management company. National Demographics: Mailing Lists. American Home Video: Video Stores. Taking all five at once is crazy.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

On DealMarket , users can search for deals (direct or secondary investments), benchmark and compare current and past deal flow, and even meet the right people to help facilitate the deal process. A built-in deal management tool, MyOffice, allows investors, firms and investment clubs to store, manage and share deals.

Private Equity 150

Private Equity Equity Switzerland Deal Flow 150

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The Assistant Director will manage the deal flow process and lead our due diligence efforts to admit new members. The job posting will remain open through Wednesday February 23rd. The air quotes on Assistant Director is because the actual internal HR title is Project Manager, which is just not as sexy sounding.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Intellectual Property Incubator Due Diligence 70

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. But the problem is that most deals – even really promising ones – fail. And when they wanted money they turned to none other than Matt Cohler, ex VP of Product Management at Facebook. Access to Deal Flow. Domain Knowledge.

Angel Investor 288

Angel Investor Deal Flow Viral Algorithm 288

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

Contrast that with a fund manager, who is often required to issue quarterly capital account statements usually paired with a cover note and updates on specific companies. For me, I am pretty zen about this after six years of early-stage startup investment.

Early Stage 167

Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. ACA member Angel groups represent more than 10,000 accredited investors and are funding approximately 800 new companies each year and managing an ongoing portfolio of more than 5,000 companies throughout North America.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289