Distribution Finance LP Partner 
View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2019
The top quartile has distributed 2.03x (vs. 1.68) and the median fund now has distributed 1.27X (vs. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. 12 years into a fund, I think LPs are probably primarily thinking about DPI. DPI looks a bit better.
VC Cafe
APRIL 29, 2020
The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. This is part of Israel’s Ministry of Finance NIS 1.2 Help is not exactly on the way.
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David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 2) Market .
David Teten
MARCH 18, 2021
Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Revenue-Based Finance and Flexible VC investors invest using “alternative VC” structures, as opposed to conventional preferred equity and convertible notes. 5) Structure-defined funds.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.
View from Seed
DECEMBER 11, 2019
“I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining [New Firm] as a Partner where I will continue to invest in great Founders across the industries I care about.”. “I In any professional service industry, there is natural shuffling in the junior roles, as the race up the pyramid towards a Partner title is like musical chairs.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
WINTER For starters when we conducted our annual VC & LP survey in December of 2016 to prepare our annual Upfront State of the VC Industry report we found that twice as many VCs cut their investments in 2016 relative to 2015 with > 30% of VCs having cut investments. Unless of course something Trump’s our good weather.
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