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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Syndicate Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for specific opportunities.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Notes: In an IPO preferred share classes are converted into common stock, and liquidation preferences and accumulated but unpaid dividends essentially go away. One can infer valuations based on per share prices of preferred stock and oustanding common shares (~5.3M as of 12/31/09). Author howerl. Read More ».

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Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

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. » April 12, 2006. past round one.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups.

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So You Wanna be a VC?

Professor VC

I can just picture Mr. Rogers saying "Children, can you say participating preferred stock with an uncapped 3x liquidation preference and a full ratchet?" When AngelList first launched syndicates a few years ago, I was very skeptical of the idea of angels taking carry on my investment. It's great for entrepreneurs!