David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Equity Startup Small Business Administration SBA 266

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . This is harder than it sounds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 436

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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Search Accredited Investor Angel Investor Venture Capital 317

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns). 2) Researching a topic.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

I happen to be fascinated by the history of the VC industry, and one of the things we discussed at a recent offsite are the common threads behind the rise and fall of great venture capital firms. in equity & loans which was ultimately worth >170x ($355M) when DEC went public about a decade later.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

Entrepreneur 240

Entrepreneur Equity Small Business Administration SBA 240

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. Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally. Total Raised: $17.7mm.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. Many VCs and family offices market themselves based on their network, internal resources, and other levers to accelerate value creation. . Fundraising is burdensome. Market Insight.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. For this round of investment, the angels collectively purchase 20-40% of the equity of the company and are seeking a return on investment of 20-30X in a period of five to eight years.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Small Business Administration 283

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Harvard Business School is featuring an article about the Venture Capital Access Program on the website of the U.S. Angel networks in general have lots of disadvantages compared with VC funds, but VCAP© has three key advantages: • Bigger reach , because there are more “Partners” than any normal VC fund. .

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Private Equity Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

Equity 120

Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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Angel Investor Accredited Investor Venture Capital Startup 120

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

When it comes to founders, Texas has jewelry mogul, Kendra Scott; Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban of Shark Tank; Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble; video game developer, John Carmack; Vista Equity Partners Founder, Robert Smith; Michael Dell of Dell Technologies; and now Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla!

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Klein, CEO of On Grid Ventures , will serve as the new Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY. I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. I’ve enjoyed working with our partners at VentureOutNY and Worldwide Investor Network.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. When more capital is chasing the same set, entry prices go up and returns are likely to go down. You lose way more than you win. You wait the longest for liquidity.

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Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. The average equity fund investor earned a market return of only 4.25%.

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Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. The tour starts in Dallas on June 4 and ends in Austin on June 6 with an epic 10 year birthday party for Capital Factory! Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around the U.S. Who should come on the bus?

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

The investment network here is growing, but is still grossly developing when compared to those coastal cities. If we look at the position of women specifically within this landscape, we see a thriving network for collaboration and a good support structure for female founders. cities for women-led businesses seeking equity funding.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley New York City San Jose Texas 48

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Venture News.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Monday, June 20, 2011. How much is enough?

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Whether you buy this or not for public equities, the market for early stage private companies has always been wildly inefficient. One of the issues in angel group investing is that any one group often doesnt have the investor interest level to provide the total capital required for a round. Venture News. ► January. (1).

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Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Venture Capital 28