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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

On paper, only one is in positive return territory as a fund, but the SBIC leverage is a substantial negative factor for the LP investors in that particular fund. As a partner in one of the most visible VC firms in Colorado and an LP in many of the Colorado VC firms, I’ve never heard from Matthew or anyone from the SBIC.

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How VCs Structure a Syndicate and Recruit Coinvestors

David Teten

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.

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Sharp Elbows Among Seed VCs

View from Seed

More and more, I hear seed investors claim that they are increasingly religious about hitting their ownership target in the majority of rounds they are a part of. They are also increasingly focused on “leading” rounds, because funds that are institutionalizing get LP pressure around whether or not they lead.

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How to Get More Efficient with Time Management Using Time Blocking (Part 1)

This is going to be BIG.

I’m active on X number of portfolio companies and meet with them at Y intervals, meaning that I should have Z portfolio company meetings per week. I baked in time to connect with my one other full-time employee as well as time for follow-ups from the portfolio company meetings I was taking.

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Interview with Mike Brown Jr. of AOL Ventures

The Startup Lawyer

We’re just through our first year and pleasantly surprised with where we’re at – Rather than single anyone out you can see a full list of our announced portfolio companies and other relevant investment information on CrunchBase. Do you look at portfolio companies as future acquisition targets? CrunchBase Profile for AOL Ventures ).

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Death By VC

Venture Chronicles

This is not uncommon and rarely goes to the point where a single investor has positions in two companies that are directly competitive. With the lead investor in the recently funded round pulling back their cash the company was forced to lay off nearly all of their staff.