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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives. – Syndicate Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for specific opportunities.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . Why is it now more feasible to use technology in the VC investing process?

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 5) Manage deal flow.

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How to Launch, Manage, and Invest a VC Fund

David Teten

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 5) Manage deal flow.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

As a result of the fact that the typical business being evaluated by seed-stage investors needs a substantial amount of sales data or experience to draw on, seed-stage investors will consider the expected growth trajectory and existing track record, management, market share, and dangers. What is the Evaluation of the Funding?

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Google My Business , which helps me manage my Google presence. . I welcome suggestions.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

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. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .