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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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Dan Lok Explains Venture Capital Funding and How to Secure It

The Startup Magazine

Venture capital is a type of private equity. It is a type of financing that investors can provide to startups and small businesses which are believed to have the potential for success in the long term. The downside to venture capital is that the company or individual doing investing generally get equity in the company.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

The following is a condensed explanation of seed funding: Seed money is a form of early-stage financing that new businesses receive from investors in exchange for a share of ownership in the company. This could be a proportion of the company’s equity or investment; in other instances, it could be a portion of its later-stage profits.

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The Past, Present and Future of Gender Lens Investing

Austin Startup

Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009 , subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies. Research shows that this is simply not true.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Forms of funding. ? Equity investment. Equity investment is the most popular and most talked-about avenue for startup funding. These investments are made instead of shares or equity in your startup. Equity investors. The third source of funding is from equity investors. Stages of Equity-based funding. ?

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

We often tie this type of success to proof of the American experiment–an ever-present reminder to some that if they put in the time and eventually get funded, they too can scale a business into the stratosphere. No, I prefer boring businesses and established companies that are not seeking their own sweat equity for services provided.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

We often tie this type of success to proof of the American experiment–an ever-present reminder to some that if they put in the time and eventually get funded, they too can scale a business into the stratosphere. No, I prefer boring businesses and established companies that are not seeking their own sweat equity for services provided.