Founder Operations Portfolio Stealth 
David Teten
JULY 25, 2017
As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
A popular approach these days seems to be for founders to regale investors early with a pitch touting the newest “million-dollar idea.” If your strength is technology, find a co-founder who has a comparable strength in business, finance or marketing. Just don’t try to sell your business to investors before it is well established.
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Hunter Walker
JUNE 7, 2014
Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. And my sense is the trend carries outside of our portfolio these days. Founders are building small, focused teams based on people they worked with previously and referrals from their networks.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. What are some of the unique benefits and constraints from the point of view of a founder? .
BeyondVC
JANUARY 5, 2022
With COVID raging at the beginning and end of the year, it is all the more amazing what our portfolio companies have accomplished the last twelve months. We are truly to our founders, limited partners, co-investors, and friends for another year of growth and learning. 1/ We started @boldstartvc in 2010 w/ $1m.
View from Seed
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Last week, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Ten Little , came out of stealth and announced its public launch. . Investing pre-launch is largely about building conviction around a founder, and we’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to get to know Fatma over the past 9 years. seed round for Ten Little. .
View from Seed
JULY 11, 2019
On Tuesday, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Otis, came out of stealth and announced its public launch. Investing pre-launch is largely about building conviction around a founder. In our view, Michael is an extremely high-potential founder that we have known for almost as long as NextView has been around.
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