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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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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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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. . We particularly help companies in winning revenue from our LP network and raising capital for subsequent rounds from top-tier late-stage investors.

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

K9 Ventures

Either protectable IP or at least hard IP. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. 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.