David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

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

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

Genuine VC

JULY 26, 2010

Micro VCs are notorious for building large and friendly syndicates. While traditional VCs sometimes have a love/hate relationship with their syndicate partners (often depending on how well their mutual portfolio companies are performing), it seems as though in the Micro VC arena all of the players speak and act like best friends.

Syndicate 128

Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence Seed Stage 128

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2014

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? The same goes for investors. They raised more money, but when? How long ago?

Syndicate 124

Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Valuation 124

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

” While the founding team was exploring potential business opportunities that allowed us to make a bigger impact on the world, Silicon Valley Bank and High Alpha Innovation were together envisioning a platform to help VC-backed portfolio companies more effectively navigate the complex world of executive talent needs. Enter Jenny Lawton.

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In this pattern the CTO is often a co-founder ofthe business, or one of the first hires. Seattle, WA, 98104 Syndication Subscribe to this weblogs atom feed or rss feed Search Powered by Movable Type 4.01. The CTO is in constant contact with keycustomers and is prominently involved in market research.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndicate Syndication 40

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

You're going to want syndication partners on the deals you find and sounding boards on the thesis behind each of your potential investments. Other angels are a source of dealflow and can be leads to the kind of talent your portfolio needs to hire to be successful. 2) Network with as many other angel investors as possible.

Angel Investor 118

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Portfolio 118

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

a product launch, hiring a key executive, a rebrand, an expansion of market focus, etc.). Across the NextView portfolio and in discussing this topic more broadly, we’ve found that funding announcements are rarely good customer acquisition channels. Announce in connection with other news (e.g.

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. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

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. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market. Instead of broadly syndicated rounds, we are seeing much more competition for fewer slots. Why Is Seed Investing Becoming More Sharp Elbowed?

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. Their entrepreneurs are evangelical about how great it is to be part of True’s portfolio. We funded it just before they took the wrappers off of the company. Same with True Ventures.

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. I’ll give you an example of a conversation I had with a current portfolio company just this week. Startup CEOs Should Test Strength of Cap Table Every ~6 Months To Know Where They Stand. Go read it and then come back here….

Cap Table 95

Cap Table Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 95

Version One Ventures

MAY 22, 2018

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? In the meantime, we’d love to hear how you decided on your investor syndicate? What is important to you?

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

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

At NextView, we spend a substantial portion of our time trying to help our portfolio companies prepare for growth as “venture scale” businesses. For entrepreneurs seeking to build big companies on a rapid trajectory, raising larger scale venture capital rounds is likely a necessity at some point after the initial seed funding.

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113