Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Take the Interview ( www.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Santa Monica is the place where the highest concentration of early-stage startups are created if you consider also the contiguous geography of Venice Beach. Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

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. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. FLEXIBLE VC VS. OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL MODELS.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It occurred to me that although we mentioned our new thematic approach when we raised our last fund in 2017, we haven’t really shared a broader manifesto about how we are approaching the early stage market. It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

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David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

My colleague Sebastian Soler, software engineer at ff Venture Capital, is leading the launch of a new Meetup with me. I’ve just launched a new Meetup and online community I’m heading up with David. I asked him to write a guest post: Hi! We posted on our site a more in-depth overview of ff’s Tech Platform.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Take the Interview ( www.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

About a year and a half ago, I wrote that New York needed more dedicated early stage capital. First Growth Venture Network formed to mentor high potential seed and early stage companies. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

At our firm, ff Venture Capital , we didn’t aim to go to Canada, but ended up there anyway. We’re a New York based early-stage venture capital firm. Reflecting Canada’s multilingual heritage, they have acquired three companies to date, in Toronto, New York and France.

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Gust

JANUARY 13, 2023

Good news for startups building from within New York State! New York State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) and it's venture capital management arm, NY Ventures is providing support and capital of $30 million for it's Pre-seed and Seed Matching Fund Program to help early stage startups who are registered in New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

In the Early Days. When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

A new study, just published by CB Insights, titled Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes these three characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US during the first six months of 2010. In New York, these solo efforts even raised more money, with a median of $4M.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

I’d moved out for Homebrew after nearly ten years in New York, and the east coast / west coast culture shock is real! Homebrew: Venture capital is no longer as opaque as it was 10 years ago, but a lot of what gets shared is pro-VC content marketing more than the real day-to-day reality.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

we have big tech (AAPL, AMZN, FB, GOOG ,TSLA), big early stage bets ( Restream’s $50M Series A ), big late stage bets ( RigUp’s $300M Series D ), consumer tech , fintech , insuretech , healthtech , CPG , DTC … the list goes on. Plenty of articles have been written on this phenomenon so far so I won’t belabor the point.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

About seven years ago, I wrote a post on breaking into venture capital and I continue to point the five or six people a week who ask me how to break into venture. Yesterday, Amrit Richmond announced her new employment at RRE as Director of Community & Platform. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. Las Vegas, NV.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 12, 2011

And for those of you wanting to argue that New York is indeed a hotspot for investment, this report will help make that argument too. New York Takes the #2 Spot For Tech VC from Massachusetts. Over the last five quarters, New York saw 208 tech deals. Funding to New York companies came in at $1.22

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Professional expert networks allow you to efficiently convert your financial capital into relationship capital. This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. Previously posted at Forbes.

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VC Adventure

MAY 1, 2012

California, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado. That’s the order of states with the greatest dollar value of seed and early stage investment according to a PWC MoneyTree study that my partner Jason blogged about today. 290M invested in 41 companies based in Colorado in 2011.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2011

The venture capital database CB Insights has just released its report of investment from the second quarter of 2011, and based on the deals it's tracked, venture capital funding is at a nine-quarter high - both in terms of the amount of funding and the number of deals.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 182

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

ai , a Breyer Capital early-stage investment, list on the New York Stock Exchange. Silicon Valley will continue to play a central role in Breyer Capital’s investment thesis. Richard was previously the Chief Scientist at Salesforce.

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David Teten

JULY 3, 2013

I hope you can join me for this program, cosponsored by Empire Angels ; HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York ; and the The Young Venture Capital Society. what you need to know as an early stage investor: best practices in origination, evaluation, structuring and adding value. So You Want to Be an Angel?

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David Teten

JULY 3, 2013

what you need to know as an early stage investor: best practices in origination, evaluation, structuring and adding value. Co-Sponsored by Empire Angels, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York, and Young Venture Capital Society. Angel investing HBS Alumni Angels New York NextNY'

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. I remember the number 1 complaint in the mid-90s, New York VCs don't get it.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. I remember the number 1 complaint in the mid-90s, New York VCs don't get it.

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New York Sweat Equity Marketing Startup 129

David Teten

MARCH 22, 2011

Back in December, Richard Kane, President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to chair the newly-formed Harvard Business School Angels of New York. You can read more about us at our current website.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both. This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us. California is the clear #1 for seed investment activity followed by strong #2 New York.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It occurred to me that although we mentioned our new thematic approach when we raised our last fund in 2017, we haven’t really shared a broader manifesto about how we are approaching the early stage market. It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

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