Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

Yesterday I sent emails out passing on participating in two seed rounds for companies I really like. We are syndication agnostic – happy to invest alone and equally happy to invest with firms we like to work with. As a result, we are tiny indirect investors in all of the companies that go through TechStars.

Seed Stage 138

Seed Stage LP Warrant Syndicate 138

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked. I don''t know the reasons for selling, but presumably Authy felt their prospects weren''t promising as a standalone entity and may have had difficulty raising further financing.

Syndicate 28

Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley Common Stock 28

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

I spoke last week at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference. Of course they built protection into many of their financings that allows them downside protection against IPOs if the price is lower than the price they paid. And what many people don’t realize is that most syndicates get what is known as “deal-by-deal” carry.

IPO 150

IPO Venture Capital LP SEC 150