Hunter Walker

JANUARY 5, 2014

The Stage 1 partner escalates an opportunity to Stage 2 when we’ve been able to create a hypothesis as to why this might be a good investment. That partner also generates a set of questions for the other partner to push on in their discussions and data requests. Stage 2 : Here both of us are engaged. 4) Fund Operations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2015

If you’re a tech or media startup considering whether LA is now a mature market I think the data will assuage any concerns. Most importantly – this should encourage LP funds to back more local firms and I would hope to see more indigenous funds to develop. The report on the LA Tech Market can be found on this link.

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Haystack

JUNE 1, 2018

Let me be perfectly clear — I do not know anything about SV Angel’s inner workings, and in all of my own interactions with Kevin, Topher, Brian, and @pm (when he was there), SV Angel was extremely helpful and friendly as many people have attested to on social media. (I I have never met Ron but hope to one day.).

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining [New Firm] as a Partner where I will continue to invest in great Founders across the industries I care about.”. “I In any professional service industry, there is natural shuffling in the junior roles, as the race up the pyramid towards a Partner title is like musical chairs.

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Venture Capital Cap Table Partner LP 204

SiliconHills

JUNE 4, 2019

FloSports, live digital sports media company, this week announced it has closed $47 million in new funding. led the round of funding, which also included participation from existing investors Causeway Media Partners, LP, Fertitta Capital, and DCM Ventures, as well as strategic investors World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But as an LP you can’t count on that any more than VCs can. The goal of an LP is to get into the top decile. When it went to raise its fund 10 years ago the rumor was that many LPs were disappointed with recent returns and did not re-up. In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. hours / day.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. Lastly, gather feedback.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. ” Numero uno.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

WINTER For starters when we conducted our annual VC & LP survey in December of 2016 to prepare our annual Upfront State of the VC Industry report we found that twice as many VCs cut their investments in 2016 relative to 2015 with > 30% of VCs having cut investments. Unless of course something Trump’s our good weather.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

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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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Cindy Revol, Joe Beard and Anurag Jain from Perot Jain, LP We received a warm welcome from Trey Bowles when we first came to Dallas and there have been many others who have opened their arms to us since. They are also helping us fund a social media campaign to reach people who might not already be coming to The DEC or other coworking spaces.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

See the Techcrunch posts by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank , my recent post on the quality of angel returns data , as well as reports from the Silicon Valley Bank and Kauffman Foundation. Partners at smaller funds, by contrast, have to hustle before they can cover their mortgage.

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LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

and Vincenzo Morelli (Partner – TPG Capital and Chairman of European Private Equity Roundtable). and Vincenzo Morelli (Partner – TPG Capital and Chairman of European Private Equity Roundtable). Panels : Value Creation – Driving LP returns through operational excellence. VC Cafe is proud to be a media partner.

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Private Equity Equity LP Limited Partner 79

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

You thought media twitter was bad… You thought tech twitter was bad… — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 24, 2015. I made my calls around to a few firms today to hear how their partner meetings went. This doesn’t happen with every LP and it probably doesn’t kick in unless things get worse.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

Talent and domain expertise in NYC’s large industries such as financial services and media, would free up. Media outlets, from Mashable to the Wall Street Journal, didn’t think it was an interesting story at the time and it went unpublished.

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Silicon Valley Ghana Venture Capital India 69

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

The best articulation of it comes from Basil Peters, a serial technology entrepreneur, co-Founder of Nexus Engineering, former Canada Entrepreneur of the Year, and Managing Partner at 3 venture capital funds – Fundamental Technologies I and II and the BC Advantage Funds. His blog is one of the best resources on technology investing out there.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Also recognize that WITHIN a VC you have partners who focus on different areas. I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. Meet in person.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

High Road Capital Partners Deal Sourcing Keynote. Fitzsimmons, High Road Capital Partners. Prestegaard, High Road Capital Partners. Glickman, Resilience Capital Partners LLC Luke Johnson, Platinum Equity LLC Robert B. Social media. Question: Thoughts on how to use social media to generate deal flow?

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. We pitched everyone from Angels to partners at Andreessen Horowitz on Sand Hill Road. We got real close a couple of times to great investment partners. Thank you Ifundwomen supporters !)

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Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Genuine VC

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I hypothesized that, “Perhaps a contrarian statement in this environment: but even though there’s been a dip in fund size due to broad economic factors and LP appetite, it wouldn’t surprise me if the truly top firms raise even larger funds over the coming decade.” What’s pouring = individual partners matter.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

When the Mets got to the World Series, they release a kettle corn flavored ice cream with blue and orange M&Ms and a contest on social media around naming the ice cream. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

Founder and Partner at AOL Ventures , a few weeks ago. While we definitely understand that AOL is a large media company and acquisitive, we’re not really involved in those discussions. First and foremost, we have carry in our fund and share in the upside if we earn a financial return for our LP. Not really.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

So I've been able to move to another location with my partner and another city, I should say. And we see it in our media too. There is a lack of trust kind of happening in media and in government and I think there's fewer even religious people now, if I'm remembering correctly. So yeah, fair enough. BA : Yeah. I agree with you.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

I say emotional because it touched me that a senior media executive would put his life on hold to literally walk and knock on doors. When I went to add partners at Upfront I called an LP of mine and told him I was trying to recruit a new partner named Kara Nortman. I shot back quickly at my LP “ You’re kidding me, right?

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. We ask our Ambassadors: “Do you have access to a media platform? Are you aware of the information that the media should know? Does your business touch potential voters? Why is that?

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