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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

In January, Jerry Neumann wrote a long and detailed analysis of his view of the VC industry in the 1980’s titled Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980’s. I sent out a few emails to mentors of mine who had been VCs in the 1980s. Continental Capital*. $ 250,000. . CIVC. $ 250,000. CIVC. $ 200,000.

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Supporting HBCUvc’s VC Lab and Fund

Feld Thoughts

or email me. Fellows originate and execute startup investments under the supervision of HBCUvc’s investment committee, a team of experienced venture capital investors. Amy and I, through our Anchor Point Foundation , are supporting HBCUvc’s VC Lab and Fund.

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. Hilary Mason , Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners , has a TED talk on how she replaces herself with a shell script to handle her email deluge. 4) Manage deal flow.

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

David Teten

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. Superhuman **, my email client. Today, I do this manually.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. 4Degrees helps leverage your network for sourcing.

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$43.2 Million That Can Help You

Growthink Blog

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. million led by Greycroft Partners and BV Capital.

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Bitesize Friday: Israeli startups get funded, launch new products

VC Cafe

It is an executable download client that completes words as the user types across any browser, email client or word processor. Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week. Tags: Calpers Fribiz Jivy Group Matomy Virtual Goods capital raising carmel eType iPhone 4 technion seed.