This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Unlike a venture capital firm that states its criteria on its website and has forms, e-mail addresses, etc to encourage outreach, your site does a lot better job of saying "Go away!". The interesting thing is that being connected to wealth isn't necessarily a driver of good venture capital performance--why would it be?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! I talked about some of that here. So I like that bit, too. And headlines.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). Why is this?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Partners leave the industry. VC will shrink.

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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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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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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.

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

This is not a comprehensive list, but merely an attempt to highlight some of the most notable examples relevant for technology-enabled startups. 1) Corporate Venture Capital. Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. People all across the value chain have taken notice including Limited Partners who are the people who invest in VC funds in the first place. but didn’t have funds to back-up their prorata rights?

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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. . When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But in business, you want a lot of partners. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

With Angela’s promotion to General Partner , we now have investment partners located in both the U.S. First, we are so grateful for the 40+ portfolio entrepreneurs who inspire us every day in their relentless push to use technology and innovation to solve very hard problems. It is a true honor to be a partner of yours!

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

So with that… I’m pleased to announce the formation and closing of K9 Ventures III, L.P., a $42M technology-focused Pre-Seed fund. K9’s last fund, K9 Ventures II, L.P., I would like to thank all the limited partners who entrust me and K9 to invest their capital. was a $40M fund. And yes, I’m presently 42.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. Limited Partners (LPs) who invest in VC funds have continued to pour money into venture – with the market returning to pre-recession levels.

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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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Haystack

JUNE 1, 2018

Perhaps because of this success and the unique elbow grease they supply to their portfolio, it was shocking to many to see that one of the storied seed franchises would contract, become its own sole LP, and scale back its operations. Yet for many, it didn’t come as a surprise.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

While my company may not have lasted, and even though I swore to myself that I wouldn't do another startup--this recently launched new venture is moving forward with the help of some fantastic partners. I'm ecstatic to announce that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has just completed a first close of $3.5

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

When I make a list of non-family members and non-partners who I would want to be stranded on a desert island with, Jerry is at the top of the list. I was chair of NetGenesis, which was the first angel investment I’d made after selling Feld Technologies (my first company). I met Jerry in 1995. We made more investments together.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.

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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. Perot Jain, LP is an early stage venture capital firm founded by Ross Perot Jr. Ross Perot, Jr., About Perot Jain, L.P.

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David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? Borchers points out: “Only 50% of our investment activity involves technology-based businesses. not because of LP objections or moral concerns, but because the pool of potential M&A buyers is greatly limited.

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David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. LPs tend to assume that the highest-quality managers have all the demand they can handle. Private equity/venture capital managers have a much longer duration than most any other fund type. But can you?

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Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

1) Self-Awareness & Humility - These are of course virtues that transcend venture capital or even professional pursuits broadly. This is true not only in a firm’s dealings with entrepreneurs but also with it’s limited partners and even within the firm among its partners.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 3, 2010

Other participants in the round included Adams Street Partners, Angeleno Group, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Vedanta Capital LP, New Silk Route, The Westly Group, and current investor MissionPoint Capital Partners. So yes, even in this economy, venture capital financing IS readily available.

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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 ). VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. If you have a reputation for cutting corners, not treating employees or partners right, it will become very difficult to do business. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

The next big technology investment idea is the “Early Exit.” 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.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). A smaller portion of the total capital in the VC ecosystem comes from high net worth individuals.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

And so, we keep hearing how venture capital is about to be disrupted. Decentralized platforms are a mix of a new technology and a new business model. Or you might even think about a tokenization of your own fund (so that LP shares are liquid). It has 10 times the market cap of SNAP, the most prominent IPO of 2017.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

While the seed capital gap has closed, there are still only a handful of venture capital firms here in NYC investing in the crucial Series A/B rounds. In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud).

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 12, 2011

I’m even more excited to be working with Chris Fralic, who is the partner on point here for First Round and Theresia Ranzetta from Accel, who joined us in this round. I know Theresia back from when I was at the GM pension fund and we were an LP. The market is clamoring for a company like this and we’re super psyched to be a part of it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

We capped our fund size so that we would stay true to our investment strategy in terms of size, scope and number of partners as we stood in 2014 when we raised the fund. There are many LPs who invest in VC one day, oil & gas the next and timber on Wednesday. Summary Should entrepreneurs care that we have Sapphire as an LP?

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). Subscribe here for more.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). High Road Capital Partners Deal Sourcing Keynote. Fitzsimmons, High Road Capital Partners. Social media.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. Competition also has access to capital.

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