Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I have even had to get physical security advice from some of the crazy. But I hate worse when I let down the people for whom I’ve totally committed my time to: the boards I set on, my limited partners, my colleagues at Upfront, companies that are pitching me and looking for feedback and my family. No, it’s not fun.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

They are tech-enabled companies that provide high-yield investments for fund limited partners (LPs) that perform like bonds but generate returns on par with equity investments. Founders First Capital Partners defines these high performing organizations as Zebra Companies.”. ” .

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Pascal's View

MARCH 17, 2010

Answer: The options here are limited, and they are (1) the LP can try to sell their interest, including the obligation to fund future capital calls, to a fund that acquires secondary interests. This is the eighth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. What are their rights?

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

Venture capital funds are usually 7 - 10 year partnerships whereby the general partners - the “VC” - manage the capital of the limited partners, usually institutions (endowments, pension funds, etc.). At the end of the period, all profits and proceeds are distributed to the various partners on a pre-determined split.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Coats says their underlying thinking was sophisticated enough to attract more than 30 venture capitalists to invest personally as limited partners in Correlation Ventures’ first fund, along with college endowments, pensions, funds of funds, and other conventional investors.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners.

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ithacaVC

MAY 10, 2011

First, VCs get capital commitments from limited partners (i.e., Importantly, VC1 does not collect all the money in advance and then invest in short term securities. And, VC1 does not reinvest capital returned (with very few limited exceptions) – VCs are not hedge funds! investors).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

VC’s money comes from mostly institutional investors called LPs (limited partners). They also trust VC’s to determine the right price to pay for the company securities that they buy.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

For the fund, it is critical to demonstrate impact to secure its place in the corporation’s long-term priorities. The alternative model is to set up a dedicated venture fund and even supplement it with outside limited partners. Teten: How should a corporate VC define and measure success?

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

From who we hire to the way we go to market, from how we engage with our limited partners to how we engage with founders, it’s all about being very focused on quality and consistency so as to affect strategies to generate meaningful carry for ourselves and our limited partners. But it’s really f **g hard.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission, and Partner at Sand Hill Econometrics , observed, “Among the scientists who have studied the performance of venture capital and buyouts, there is no consensus that there is persistence in performance by fund. I’m obliged to say that sentiment is not universal.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2014

venture funds - and with so many of them pursuing similar deal sourcing strategies and approaches - it has become extremely difficult for VCs to find and secure high potential, well priced deals. With now over one thousand active U.S. All this work is necessary to do venture capital right, but is also expense and friction filled.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lets examine these options: Funding – Many of the unicorns minted in 2021 face difficulties in securing new investments at valuations comparable to their peaks, especially in a market skeptical of overvalued tech companies. They need to either raise, become profitable (default alive) or exit (M&A or IPO).

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

He knew a bunch of other VCs in NYC and seemed like a great potential Limited Partner connection. I guess it doesn’t matter, because the person who sent this to me told me that “ white trash does not get past security at the University Club ” when I questioned the legitimacy of the cold e-mail she sent to info@brooklynbridge.vc—an

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Greater transparency to limited partners. For an RBI investor, valuation depends on how the RBI security is structured. I explore the reasons for this in Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in So Many Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? . These markups are often somewhat disconnected from a company’s “true” value.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds).

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds).

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 6, 2011

We’ve invested amounts ranging from $50,000 to $100 million in over 30 great companies, across mobile, gaming, social, ecommerce, education and enterprise IT (such as cloud, security, and SaaS). Speaking of our investors, many of our limited partners have asked us for more exposure to these high-quality growth companies.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

I was a Limited Partner in Angel Investors II (Ron Conway's angel fund) that was an investor in Confinity. Both companies offered home security and automation services through partners. Musk was the early winner taking the CEO role (for a brief period) in the merged company and the largest equity stake as well.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

Answer: Actually there is plenty of financial information available from private companies, but that does not mean that it is available to institutional investors as passive investors who are Limited Partners in venture capital or other private equity partnerships.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

For something to be an asset class, you need a group of securities that exhibit similar characteristics. Venture capital is just equity--and it's equity that isn't widely available to everyone and it gets invested in by a wide variety of investor types with different strategies. I doubt it.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

McMicking and Terman introduced Ampex to the National Security Agency, and Ampex sales boomed when their audio and video recorders became the standard for Electronic Intelligence and telemetry signal collection recorders. Ampex business took off when Terman introduced Ampex founder Alex Poniatoff to Joseph and Henry McMicking.

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