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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 6) Due diligence. 5) Manage deal flow.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 6) Due diligence. 5) Manage deal flow.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

We arrived from Moscow on April 25th; the following day, I spoke on Raising Money to Go Global at StartSmart , a conference held at an incubator and innovation center named Technopolis Ülemiste. That same afternoon, FiBAN organized a two-hour workshop on Due Diligence in the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. Kevin Lee, Executive Chairman of Didit, emphasizes the importance of having a content syndication strategy alongside a content creation strategy.

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Syndicate Funding on AngelList – A Company’s Perspective

VC Adventure

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

For both origination and due diligence, a host of companies aspire to be the “Bloomberg of private companies”, including CB Insights , Crunchbase , DataFox , FuelUp , fundsUP , Mattermark , Qodeo , Quid , Tracxn , Unomy.com , and Zirra. 5) Due diligence. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g., 6) Negotiate deal.