Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

New GPs are hired or grown, and in several cases, the bench strength seems to be there. They become platforms and the goal/need to look more like a multistage fund plays out in their portfolio model – 20% ownership targets, entering at A round instead of just seed. In others, TBD. In the 2020s will Homebrew be an anomaly?

LP 92

LP Early Stage Syndicate Syndication 92

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2014

This goes for founders, employees and investors alike. There are a few obvious investors with great track records of repeat success, but when''s the last time you really tried to value an investor''s portfolio. Would the entrepreneur enthusiastically include them in the syndicate of their next venture? How long ago?

Syndicate 124

Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Valuation 124

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

And if you don’t hit one or two right, you end up with a mediocre portfolio. Many of these new data-driven funds are hiring experienced VCs across early stages and building outposts in the Bay Area. If you hit one or two right, you can make a fortune in seed. But those bets take a long time to get liquid.

Seed Stage 108

Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In our prior lives, the Bolster founders worked together to scale up a business called Return Path and also. worked as advisors and mentors to numerous early stage founders and startups. Brad’s visceral response in this conversation was a very clear, “you should hire Jenny.” What about the middle? Enter Jenny Lawton.

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

When John Brockman ,founder of Edge , interviewed NathanMyhrvold his first question was “ What’s a CTO ”,to which Nathan replied: “Hell if I know. In this pattern the CTO is often a co-founder ofthe business, or one of the first hires. I am posting it here as it might be of generalinterest.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndicate Syndication 40

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

It’s a common question that every VC fields from founders — and founders field from other founders, and marketers field from founders, and PR people field from founders. In light of that partnership, founders should be proactive about asking them to delay — if that’s your desire.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 3) Raise capital. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. These funds would regularly share deal flow with one another and could share the work in supporting founders and helping to push the company forward. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

They were grateful for the extra money as their launch was overwhelmingly successful and they had to rapidly hire staff to support customer demand. You were a VP at a company that sold for $200 million making the founder very wealthy. That founder wasn’t one of your angels. 2 of the 3 were at the founders’ request.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

I really liked Jason Lemkin’s “ Do You Have a Weak Investor Syndicate ” blog post from earlier in the summer. Instead I want to focus on Jason’s discussion of bridges and pro rata, because it’s an area which is dynamic in every deal and often misunderstood by founders. Go read it and then come back here…. Long term greedy!!!!

Cap Table 95

Cap Table Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 95

Version One Ventures

MAY 22, 2018

Some of the best later-stage investors walk founders through an institutionalized “reverse” pitch. Are you looking for help and expertise in hiring, product strategy, customer development, fundraising, coaching, therapy, etc.? What are the experiences of other founders in the investor’s portfolio?

Cap Table 60

Cap Table Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

Transformify

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Back in 2015, Google acquired Bebop, a company founded by VMware founder Diane Greene and that’s when Google Hire came to life. In 2019, Google announced its plans to shut down Google Hire in 2020. Google Hire will be supported by September 2019. Are the job listings syndicated with external job boards?

Hiring 95

Hiring Syndicate Syndication Social Media 95