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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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Second Startups: Why Founders Often Struggle to Find Their Second Act

View from Seed

The last time they were starting a company at the raw, pre-product/market fit stage may have been quite a few years ago. The context of starting business may have changed, and some of the tools and practices (especially around early product development and go-to-market) might look very different.

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Startup Opportunity: IAG?s Hangar 51 Accelerator, Up to ?500k Available

The Startup Magazine

The latest Hangar 51 accelerator, run in London, but open to any global startup , is designed in partnership with L Marks. The 10-week programme gives start-ups the opportunity to trial their products at scale and work closely with senior management and experts across the Group. Product development input.

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Hologram: Everyday IoT Reaches Scale

View from Seed

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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The two reasons early stage investors should be active investors

The Equity Kicker

For example, if an entrepreneur is skilled at marketing but not design then if the investor has a good designer who can help the entrepreneur doesn’t have to spend hours reading blogs and having coffee with friends to figure out what good looks like and hire a freelancer.

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Hologram: Everyday IoT Reaches Scale

View from Seed

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Snyk: How Freemium Can Help Your Start-up Grow from Series A to $2.6B in 30 Months

Cracking the Code

As we wanted a direct path to the user to ensure we would be providing the best user experience, we decided to go for a freemium model to lower the bar for developers to get started. million developers using our product. Developers have no barrier to getting started with Snyk. Today, we have around 1.5