David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

The challenge with most such independent investors is that they, quite reasonably, all have their own independent decision-making and due diligence process. Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. Market Insight.

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Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

See Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. 83% of all entrepreneurs haven’t, and in many cases can’t, raise capital from traditional venture capitalists and banks. 2-6 months.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors. Teten: The new generation of entrepreneurs is asking more from their investors than just money. What do they offer entrepreneurs that independent VCs cannot, and how does that position them uniquely in the innovation economy?

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “ Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 5) Due diligence. Signal is a fundraising tool for founders run by NFX Guild, which identifies the most relevant VCs for you. .

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. It’ll be nearly two years before the concept of “Web 2.0″ link] leehower.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Genuine VC

JULY 26, 2010

Micro VCs are notorious for building large and friendly syndicates. While traditional VCs sometimes have a love/hate relationship with their syndicate partners (often depending on how well their mutual portfolio companies are performing), it seems as though in the Micro VC arena all of the players speak and act like best friends.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence Seed Stage 128

Rob Go

MARCH 5, 2012

One area of fundraising that is not that straightforward is how to put together a syndicate of investors for your seed round. It can be a little puzzling for entrepreneurs to make sense of this, especially since the landscape of seed investors is emerging and different seed investors act quite differently from one another.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 2, 2012

At this point, entrepreneurs know who they’re going to be working with and along what structure, but the deal isn’t done yet… including wiring of the funds! It turns out it was literally the wrong guy, yet same name / different person, and the entrepreneur was asked to sign an affidavit maintaining it wasn’t him.

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Term Sheet Founder Vesting Due Diligence Syndicate 162

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. 6) Due diligence. 2) Market .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

VC Adventure

MARCH 17, 2016

Specifically: Put Entrepreneurs First. It’s reflected in how we treat entrepreneurs, how we work with our portfolio companies and the kind of structures we use for our investments. Many are approaching the market in ways that are antithetical to successful startup investing.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor Colorado 48

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This week, we helped organize an Angel Bootcamp where some of Boston’s most successful angel investors shared their experiences and lessons learned to a crowd of aspiring angels and entrepreneurs. The reason is that most seed syndicates have room for 5-10 angels or more, but only room for 1-3 funds.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence Liquidity Event 66

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Each has a process in place to accept applications or recommendations for investment into new companies, and to review these and make decisions based upon their exploration, previous experience in the field, knowledge of the company or industry, or about individual entrepreneurs. Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups.

Equity 62

Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 62

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

As former operators and product-oriented entrepreneurs, Dave, Lee, and I tend to think of our firm as a startup company and our approach to investing as our product. 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.

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Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

As a result, we are all emotionally involved in the investment (a phrase you’ll see in later posts about this topic) which I believe is both beneficial to the entrepreneur and extremely important to the VC firm. In this case neither Niel (nor I) had any interest in creating a traditional syndicate to fund the company.

Syndicate 74

Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 74

Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2013

What they’ve found is that it’s reasonably effective to hang-around-the-hoop as a deal is coming together, and pounce once a high-quality syndicate seems to be forming. I’ve often heard entrepreneurs remark positively about the speed of great funds. Some funds continue to do high-velocity, passive seed investments.

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Seed Stage Due Diligence Early Stage Syndicate 53

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor. If they’re making it as part of a group that the entrepreneur likes, fine. If they are “solo,” though, the entrepreneur will want to know a lot about their attitudes and expectations, especially when things go wrong. What is your due diligence process?

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Entrepreneur Valuation Sweat Equity Common Stock 60

Rob Go

JANUARY 17, 2017

In the last three investments I’ve made, there has either been a lifecycle VC involved or one was interested but didn’t end up being part of the syndicate. But I usually counsel entrepreneurs in this position to do the extra legwork to push the investor closer in the direction of a high-conviction seed.

Due Diligence 28

Due Diligence Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 28

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

million and is established by negotiations between the entrepreneur and the angel investors. Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Strength of Entrepreneur and Team. Entrepreneur only.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Detailed due diligence. At ffVC, our primary origination strategy is to provide a high level of services to entrepreneurs, and then let word of mouth spread. They’re the entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of their respective disciplines. We just need to assess each entrepreneur against our decision criteria.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Good VCs try to pass as quickly as possible once they decide on that outcome, in order to be respectful of an entrepreneur’s time. A commitment typically only comes after a full partnership pitch and meaningful business diligence completed. Work on securing a lead investor who can then help in forming a syndicate.

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Term Sheet Due Diligence Seed Stage Seed Capital 120

Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

Each has a process in place to accept applications or recommendations for investment into new companies, and to review these and make decisions based upon their exploration, previous experience in the field, knowledge of the company or industry, or about individual entrepreneurs. Raising money'

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Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 92