The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
With Hauser Private Equity board member John Hayden serving on the board of directors for Washing Systems and Gryphon Investors providing a strong collaboration, both firms were able to position the enterprise for continued growth and success, and in 2018 the investment was realized with the sale of the portfolio company.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Justice Department and 20 state Attorneys General brought suit again Microsoft for anticompetitive practices designed to maintain its monopoly in PC operating systems and internet browsers. Have them tell you how they helped other companies in their portfolio succeed, pitfalls to avoid, and the lobbying resources they can bring to bear.
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David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. – Provide hands-on operational support for portfolio companies.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 1) Market fund. 2) Raise capital. 6) Negotiate deal.
David Teten
JANUARY 11, 2020
They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. I host on Hostforweb **. Crunchbase.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. Tyler Tringas, General Partner, observes, “Almost all of these new [RBI] forms of financing really only work for more mature companies (say $25-50k MRR and up) and there are still very few new options at the stage where we are investing.” ARR of $500K+.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform.
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