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

David Teten

We particularly help companies in winning revenue from our LP network and raising capital for subsequent rounds from top-tier late-stage investors. HOF Capital provides hands-on support through our in-house team, plus a network of outside mentors who work with portfolio companies on an as-needed basis. BRK-A); and Prospect Capital Corp.

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VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

Hunter Walker

Obvious caveats to my POV here, most specifically: exposure is limited to largely the US/SiliconValley ecosystem, driven by our own portfolio, my friends and co-investors, the funds I’m a LP in, and our institutional LP relationships.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

If your idea is so amazing that it warrants my hard-earned angel money or the money of my LP investors from our fund then why should I take a risk on you if you won’t take a risk on yourself? But to me if you’re not willing to quit and take a risk on yourself, then you’re not confident enough in your own idea and skills. Why should I be?

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Marco Cesare Solinas , VC Analyst with Blue Future Partners , said, “ From the LP perspective, another disadvantage is the lack of track record given the early stage of the concept. Flexible VC offers you this. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. Short track record.

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If NYC is going to be a real innovation hub, we can't have our own senators supporting SOPA/PIPA

This is going to be BIG.

“Stopping Piracy” and “Protecting IP” sound like good ideas in theory. Since the DMCA, we’ve basically operated in an environment of “ask forgiveness rather than permission” when it comes to copyright and IP online. It’s an embarrassment, frankly, to our tech community.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

The Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA) announced last week an immediate infusion of NIS 500 million (approximately $141 million) to qualifying startups (significant IP, previous funding) and less than 12 months of runway. Startups are able to secure the matched funding up to 3 months from submitting the request.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Our fund has more interest from potential LP investors than our fund needs. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Money is the easy part.