David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Jonathan sometimes refers to their investments as “micro-mezzanine” because “mezz is typically structured as a contractual periodic payment, with some equity-like upside, but subordinate to other debt… so most lenders look at it like equity.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

It’s as though we forgot the management mantra of the 90′s about “core competencies&# or the most common VC advice to entrepreneurs: Focus. I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. And the more “small checks&# they write, the more VC managers they have to manage.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. One other chart worth noting is the the expected returns from various private capital providers (Banks, Asset based lenders, Mezzanine, Private Equity and VC). Lets get back to the topic of gut investing. Back to the survey.

San Jose 33

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2011

One mezzanine financing accounted for $36 million or 17 percent of aggregate deal value, compared to $68 million (three deals) or 8 percent in the previous quarter, and $63 million (one deal) or 6 percent in Q1 2010. In Q4 2010, the financial sector attracted 72 percent of capital invested, followed by real estate with 8 percent.

Private Equity 99

Private Equity Equity Mezzanine 99

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The Venture Capital in the Rockies 2010 Winter conference is a premier event for both promising companies and attendees,” said Seth Levine, chairman of VCIR and a managing partner at the Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO-based venture capital firm. TopSchool, Inc.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Over the last 10 years we have seen impressive numbers that show the conference being an initiator in the future success of presenting companies. TopSchool, Inc.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. VC’s that do make multiple investments in certain businesses typically do this from multiple funds they manage. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

My boss and mentor from Open Market, Gary Eichhorn , made the entire management team read it in the 1990s to hammer home its important lessons as we stumbled through the chasm on our way to scaling from zero to nearly $100 million in revenue in a few years. Do we have an IPO management team in place? It is a classic. 10-50 million.

Mezzanine 20

Mezzanine IPO Finance Business Model 20