David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. Ahlberg earned his doctorate from Chalmers University of Technology and has worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. For institutional money prorata rights are compulsory and usually non-negotiable.

Technical Review 336

Technical Review Later Stage Early Stage LP 336

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds. Out of 5,923 investment professionals in our dataset, 916 (15.5%) were focused primarily on origination and marketing. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Detailed due diligence.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. More details.

Tunisia 114

Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The VC industry (both the GP part and the LP part) pays attention to the sector’s returns, but the broader tech ecosystem only occasionally tunes in. better than the market average), rather than trying to achieve an index return within the VC asset class. 3.0x+ cash on cash) is profitable.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn. If these terms sound onerous and lopsided, it’s because they are.

IPO 159

IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. Of course, there are exceptions, but they are minimal.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Late last week, I wanted to take a step back and review what has transpired the last two years. OUR PORTFOLIO. I’ve done little portfolio overviews from time to time. In over half of our portfolio companies, we have invested pre-product. But we feel pretty good about the progress of the portfolio so far.

New Hampshire 50

New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50