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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

They then transfer the IP and build the startup inside the venture studio. A niche studio is a standalone venture studio that generates its own ideas and IP in a specific industry and domain – for example Flagship Pioneering , which is focused on health care and incubated LS18 — the company that became Moderna.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Some of the VC fund’s own limited partners will typically invest in a SPV, plus the platform’s members can contribute additional capital. . VCs can do this entirely themselves and/or use companies such as AngelList , CircleUp , FundersClub , OurCrowd , and SeedInvest to create a SPV. Previously posted on PEHub.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Flexible VC offers you this. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY.

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Announcing K9 Ventures, L.P. – a seed stage fund

K9 Ventures

Either protectable IP or at least hard IP. I would like to take a moment to thank K9′s Limited Partners for their support of this first fund. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model.