Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Diversification in that a small investor (by large institutional standards), say a foundation with $25M in assets that wants to commit $1M (4%) of their assets to VC, can get exposure to 10+ individual VC funds through a FoF but might only be able to inveset in 1-2 if they tried to do it directly. 3.0x+ cash on cash) is profitable.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. Institutional investors in funds are typically conservative. Lastly, gather feedback.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata investments rights given investors the right to invest in your future fund-raising rounds and maintain their ownership % in your company as your company grows and raises more capital. For institutional money prorata rights are compulsory and usually non-negotiable.

Technical Review 336

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David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I couldn’t be more excited to share that one of our portfolio companies, Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress), has raised $9.4 I met Adam Ghetti , Founder/CTO, at the first Flashpoint Demo Day in New York in early 2012 at Union Square Ventures. Atlanta ff Venture Capital Ionic Security'

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

You run X amount of capital and Y percentage of that is allocated to venture capital. You've decided to spread that across Z funds and you hope your portfolio meets some threshold. You attend annual meetings and hop on investor calls as a means of oversight and to help you decide whether or not to invest in a future fund.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the third in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Answer: You are asking a fundamental question here about trust, which relates to your prior question. How will they behave when unforeseen challenges occur—which they always do?

Government 28

Government Technical Review Due Diligence Institutional Investors 28

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Prabhdeep Singh: GLG Share works in concert with the startup’s investors and VCs however we can.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

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. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The consensus is definitely negative, but one thing that has buoyed my optimism about the prospects for our portfolio is the number of new funds raised in London recently. He also surveyed 72 institutional investors in VC funds who said they think they will maintain their rate of commitments to new funds this year.

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Marketing Institutional Investors Venture Capital Later Stage 60

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is why I’ve made a habit of profiling our portfolio quantitatively and why we write summaries announcing pretty much all of our new investments. So, here is our annual quantitative summary of our portfolio. A Stroll Through Our Portfolio. It’s harder to articulate strict criteria. This isn’t a quota.

Portfolio 49

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David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? Like traditional lenders, RBI investors usually don’t take board seats. RBI capital is normally treated as debt. Remember, VCs are comfortable with the venture debt model already. But this isn’t really a problem.

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Revenue Liquidation Preference Equity Cofounder 60

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

He was the first institutional investor in Facebook and also an early-stage investor in groundbreaking companies like Etsy, Spotify, C3.AI, Breyer Capital’s Chinese partner IDG Capital, where Jim is Co-Chairman, led some of the first investments in Chinese companies Tencent, Baidu, and Xiaomi. Why Jim Breyer?

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David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

This is a generalizable principle: you get higher returns where other investors are not. Because of that insight, we co-founded the Venture Capital Access Program , focused on helping women and minority entrepreneurs raise capital from HBS Alumni Angels.

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New York Africa Cofounder Egypt 60

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?” If I can reduce a portfolio company’s time burden, I create value for them. Fundraising is burdensome.

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

This in theory is very similar to the behavior of institutional investors, however, there is one big difference. Institutional investors make sizable investments in a company, so that when they do get a big hit that can make the whole fund. However, there is a difference.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

When we started NextView, there were relatively few seed focused venture capital funds in the country, even fewer on the east coast, and almost none in the Boston area. Non-institutional Leads. The institutions walked, but the round got done. If b), the bar to return the fund is now higher because you have more capital.

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Cram Down Institutional Investors Dilution Seed Stage 66

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Starting a venture capital blog post with 1970s country music lyrics is pretty uncommon, but so is writing about when and why an investor might choose to sell equity before the company exits. Then we combined this with observed data from the behavior by coinvestors in our own portfolio.

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Venture Capital Cap Table LP Equity 122

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 27, 2012

This morning, Intuit announced its agreement to acquire one of Benchmark’s portfolio companies, Demandforce, for $424mm. As with Instagram, Benchmark Capital is the largest institutional investor in Demandforce.

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Institutional Investors Portfolio Venture Capital Internet 63

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

To have institutional investors the quality of Knollwood and Top Tier Capital seeking an allocation to seed and NYC enterprise shows the tremendous progress we have all made. boldstart iii announced portfolio from Ed Sim. This is awesome not just for us but also for enterprise startups in NYC. Sincerely, Team Boldstart.

Cap Table 60

Cap Table Cofounder Dividend Institutional Investors 60

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. The second panel will focus on collaborative investing in non-public alternative investments (private equity, venture capital, receivables, etc.). . Nic Perkin is the President and Co-Founder of The Receivables Exchange.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. The third reason is less in the hands of these institutional investors, and that’s governance.

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Adam Ghetti, founder of our portfolio company Social Fortress and an expert in security, publicly presented Social Fortress for the first time at this week’s TechCrunch Disrupt Conference.

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Institutional Investors New York Security Portfolio 60

David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

ff Venture Capital is both an investor and also runs our back office on Addepar.). For Professional Institutional investors: agency risk is a huge problem. They regularly find they have years where they would have had better returns by not changing their portfolio at all. It is not investment performance.

Software Review 114

Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Portfolio 114

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

”, written by Mark Veverka, asserting that “venture capitalists want to widen the playing field for the underwriters.” ” The story includes quotes from former National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) chairman Dixon Doll of DCM and investment banker Paul Deninger, who is the vice-chairman of Jefferies & Co.

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IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area.

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Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

By contrast, venture capital and angel investments normally take the form of Preferred Stock with rights and preferences set forth in the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and other governance documents. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. The third reason is less in the hands of these institutional investors, and that’s governance.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

PEHub just posted this guest article: Can professional investors use social media? Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy and their activities very discreet. Investors can tap this network for executive talent, followon financings, and eventually an exit. Site traffic increased by 6.5%

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Since I became an institutional investor, my #1 learning is: this is a highly unusual and somewhat baffling industry. One are investors in truly new asset classes, e.g., frontier markets like the Pakistani stock market, which really do provide new opportunities for investors to put capital to work.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? This would be easy to detect: among their portfolio companies, do startups with female founders outperform those without? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” .

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Austin Startup

APRIL 1, 2018

Although we can and should agree that cashews are better than almonds, the main point is that professional investors are competing each other away into riskier and riskier types of assets. Institutional investors can’t just not invest at all. They have to put their capital somewhere, and deliver some sort of performance.

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Institutional Investors LP Portfolio Valuation 48

David Teten

JULY 11, 2019

These are designed to allow an institutional investor to invest followon rounds in existing portfolio companies. Accel Partners ; Ronny Conway ; Andreessen Horowitz ; Battery ; Foundry Group ; Greycroft ; Union Square Ventures ; and many others have created variations of such funds.

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors Dilution 60

Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the second in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. To get to the core of your question, providing passive institutional investors with more financial information about illiquid securities isn’t going to make them more liquid.

Government 31

Government Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 31

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Venture capital Rounds. million in its third financing round led by Pitango Venture Capital. Japan’s Softbank and current investors General Catalyst, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures also participated. Israeli venture capital news. Footbo raises $2.5 has raised $16.5

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