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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Early liquidity. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs.

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

David Teten

A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 11) Exit .

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Announcing NextView Ventures II

Rob Go

We’ve often explained to entrepreneurs that the second fund of a venture firm is very much like the series A for an early stage company. For a seed stage venture capital firm, product/market fit comes down to two questions. Are we hungry to keep innovating and investing internally to build on our early product-market fit?

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

San Antonio has Geekdom with USAA and Port San Antonio with the Air Force Cyber Command; Houston has The Ion with Rice University, Microsoft and NASA and The Cannon distributed across the city; Dallas has Pegasus Park with UT Southwestern and Lyda Hill Philanthropies; and Austin has Capital Factory with the Army Futures Command.

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