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Applied Venture and the inexorable rise of value-add VC

The Equity Kicker

Then from the mid 2000s, value add began moving beyond the partner to the firm as VCs began employing people who’s full time job was helping their portfolio. The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . Building platforms.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

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.

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Succeeding in Venture Capital is Mostly About Knowing What to Buy. But When To Sell Matters Also.

Hunter Walker

Most of this discussion is about ‘playing offense’ — working towards being a good steward of LP capital and the risk/reward associated with VC. As former product managers Satya and I lean towards having frameworks for these sorts of decisions, for both consistency and speed in internal operations.