David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12).

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

I enjoyed giving a short interview on BBC radio the following morning, after which a dozen Halo members participated in a workshop I led on portfolio strategy and post-investment relationships. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

But they are also a tax on your time with portfolio companies, looking for new investments, running your shop and honestly they are a tax on your family life. I don’t need to name companies for you to come up with your own examples. Twitter, LinkedIn, Salesforce not to mention Disney, Warner, GM, P&G. I don’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

This is a relatively new term loosely applied to angels who invest their own money in a portfolio of startups (typically 20 or more) and are willing to lead multiple rounds, usually starting with a seed round. Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

“There are now more seed funds whose names begin with the letter ‘F’ than there were seed funds [in total] when we started our firm!” They become platforms and the goal/need to look more like a multistage fund plays out in their portfolio model – 20% ownership targets, entering at A round instead of just seed.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Press releases are a tool for getting your company’s name out there — one that should be used strategically. Stop spending money on aggregation services that, at best, syndicate your content without driving any real eyeballs. – Firas Kittaneh , Amerisleep. Over-the-Top Self-Promotion. Expensive Agencies.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Our portfolio has grown to 15 companies today, the bulk of which is on the US East Coast and roughly half the companies have already progressed from the seed stage to completing Series A rounds. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. 7) Negotiate .

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The reason is that most seed syndicates have room for 5-10 angels or more, but only room for 1-3 funds. As an angel, it’s possible to get to an investment a bit late, or follow the signal of a strong syndicate and still do pretty well. Finally, angels can also pro-actively go after rounds that are pretty close to closing.

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

1) How is the portfolio performing? On performance, we are happy with how things are shaping up in our early NextView I portfolio. As a result, we have been able to return a nice chunk of the first fund, with many of our most promising portfolio companies still in play and progressing rapidly. Zillow ), Hyperpublic ( acq.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

It’s been a yearly tradition for me to share a semi-quantitative view into our portfolio at NextView. Three years ago, I published our first “Stroll through the portfolio” and I’ve published updates each year in January. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. Traction in Ad Tech Portfolio.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Yes, there are a number of cases in the middle where having a senior or participating preference does make a difference in liquidation proceeds, but I argue that it does very little to overall returns in a diversified portfolio. AngelList (which I remain a big fan) also recently launched a syndicate program.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they I expect to see more announcements of big name people and companies moving to Texas every month in 2021. Dallas (North) is the ninth largest city and was recently named the number one commercial real estate market in the US. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

Both aren’t public just yet, so I can’t reveal the company names at this point.). But my point is that some of the very best founders we’ve worked with have been “unproven” — and this is not just true for our portfolio but also for some of the very best companies ever to be created.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Everyone can take advantage of an excellent investment vehicle: mutual funds — the best of which offer you diversification, which reduces your risk, and low-cost access to highly diversified portfolios and professional money managers, who can boost your returns with less risk. Avoid brand names. Avoid extreme changes that won’t last.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

It accurately points out that, when it comes to IPOs, many venture capitalists have mistakenly defaulted to choosing the large investment banks (such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse) as lead underwriters for their portfolio companies.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 28, 2016

Both aren’t public just yet, so I can’t reveal the company names at this point.). But my point is that some of the very best founders we’ve worked with have been “unproven” — and this is not just true for our portfolio but also for some of the very best companies ever to be created.

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Genuine VC

JULY 1, 2014

But in the particular case of our portfolio company TapCommerce , which yesterday announced its acquisition by Twitter a mere two years after the company’s founding ( more details ), there have been some key lessons which I’ll meaningfully take away from my experience in working with Brian Long , Samir Mirza , and Andrew Jones.

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