Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” Getting Exits / Driving LP Returns: This was always the knock on me. 5 years ago. ” Yup.

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Los Angeles Intellectual Property LP Venture Capital 387

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. While this it total FDI as opposed to just venture, it should give you an indication of the international trend. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. 7) Negotiate .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. The Funding Problem.

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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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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. And, in the other two, I don’t expect to ever see any of my capital back because of the SBIC leverage.

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SBIC Venture Capital Colorado SBA 142

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. FLEXIBLE VC VS. OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL MODELS.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. Lindel is no stranger to thorny venture capital issues — he was arguably amongst the most successful LPs of his generation. Maybe that’s USV, too.

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Leadership LP Venture Capital Silicon Valley 161

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. Economics Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship M&A Mobile emerging markets Facebook india innovation mobile Venture Capital whatsapp' I gave a talk, titled “What in the World?”,

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. With the set of cards we had at the time we sold, but what I wouldn’t give to still be working with and going long these two. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

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Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363

Genuine VC

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Last September I wrote a post outlining my view of the venture capital industry: increasingly evolving like the beer industry as it continues to mature. While social media has brought greater transparency to many aspects of the VC business, it’s still a relationship-driven and moderately opaque industry.

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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

JUNE 1, 2011

Social media. Question: Thoughts on how to use social media to generate deal flow? Prestegaard, High Road Capital Parnters. Zubin Avari, Charter Oak Equity LP Christopher A. Charter Oak Equity LP Fee at close Part of management fee Part of carry. Question : How do you handle in-bound emails? CareerAmp Branch Out.

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” 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. In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money.

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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.” Upfront: “Direct, Approachable, Early-Stage, WYSIWYG & Unmistakenly Los Angeles” (Upfront is also a term from the media sector).

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 12, 2015

I define #PeakVC as the point in time when the maximum amount of $$s are entering the Venture Capital industry. There are simply too many LPs stuffing the VC goose! That is because the venture capital industry operates in cycles. That increases the overall money supply coming in to venture.

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Venture Capital Seed Stage LP Valuation 48

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

I recently had an extensive debate with Tom about why and whether small funds (like mine, ff Venture Capital ) tend to outperform large funds (like his). I argue that, just as with hedge funds and mutual funds, the larger the venture capital fund, the more difficult it is to generate strong returns.

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LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

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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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

and Vincenzo Morelli (Partner – TPG Capital and Chairman of European Private Equity Roundtable). We will also be hosting panel sessions – featuring eminent industry practitioners – on Emerging Markets, Value Creation, Fundraising and Venture Capital. Fundraising – Attracting capital in an uncertain environment.

Private Equity 79

Private Equity Equity LP Limited Partner 79

Babbling VC

OCTOBER 19, 2013

All somewhat true but not the biggest problem in my eyes when it comes to venture capital in Germany. . Just as in the past solar, ship and media funds received the necessary kick from this benefit, so too should venture funds. It''s not a solve-all solution nor is it sustainable for extended periods of time.

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Germany LP Early Stage Incubator 74

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

proving that this “consumer purchase” is, in fact, a journey not a one-time use) Our leadership and vision earned marquee partnerships and champions in both the public & private sectors from the United Way of Central Texas, Partners in Parenting, Promise Venture Studio, IDEO and more! People are trying, and we should keep trying.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

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.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Ghana Venture Capital India 69

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’m not saying I’m not investing – just that I’m generally aware that the market does drive venture capital fundings and I’m very interested to see how September plays out.

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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. This is a realistically attainable for the individual investor.

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Private Equity Intellectual Property IPO Venture Capital 67

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2012

That’s the way it should be, because if you had to wait for many of the big media companies to innovate with their content, we’d still be in the media dark ages (in many ways, we still are). Big media companies don’t want innovation. Yet, you’re siding with big, protectionist media companies.

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IP New York LP Internet 131

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One of the people I respect the most in the VC/PE media ecosystem is Dan Primack. You see, Dan knows more about venture than most people; and if Dan isn’t aware that “pre-seed is a thing,” then I haven’t done a good enough job of explaining to the world what I and K9 do! Where did the term Pre-Seed come from?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. We have invested $17.3

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Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

While we definitely understand that AOL is a large media company and acquisitive, we’re not really involved in those discussions. Corporate VCs tend to have their parent company investing in their fund whereas Independent VCs tend to have multiple LPs (like endowments, pension funds, etc) investing in their fund. Not really.

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Early Stage LP Later Stage Balance Sheet 58

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

So why would raising venture capital be any different. GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. You’d even probably go as far as to ask your best customers if they wouldn’t mind proactively reaching out to your prospects to subtly tell them how great you are.

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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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Venture Capital Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Are LPs to blame?

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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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