David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. – Network. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco.

Venture Capital 60

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David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

The objective of the research is to define a blueprint for how investors can help portfolio companies succeed through operational (non-financial) support, including but not limited to facilitating shared services, recruiting, knowledge sharing, and enhancing management skills. Venture capitalists are financiers of a special nature.

Portfolio 144

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. That will take a long time to settle.

Technical Review 165

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

London Business School is proud to present the London Business School 2011 Private Equity Conference. and Vincenzo Morelli (Partner – TPG Capital and Chairman of European Private Equity Roundtable). Time: 8am- 6pm, with networking drinks reception following. VC Cafe is proud to be a media partner.

Private Equity 79

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It was this same high-minded collective action that created a network of publicly owned hospitals – controlled by cities, counties, districts, boroughs (in Alaska), parishes (in Louisiana), etc. Second, the Board can usually avoid a public vote or referendum by leasing to a new partner, something politicians fear. Capital Solutions.

Private Equity 129

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. We collect more data on an individual business than, to our knowledge, any other RBI investor, through our application process, data partners, and various public sources online. The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.

Portfolio 60

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million employees (~1.4 The Deputy also heard from us how the Department can better partner with and leverage the U.S. Integrate and incent the Venture Capital/Private Equity ecosystem to invest at scale.

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Security Silicon Valley China Private Equity 219

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. Betancourt Lopez began the Hawkers transformation by fixing the operational issues that had caused the company to struggle. Growing Hawkers. A Shining Future for Sunglasses Brand Hawkers.

Viral 155

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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. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners.

Technical Review 78

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. Betancourt Lopez began the Hawkers transformation by fixing the operational issues that had caused the company to struggle. Growing Hawkers. A Shining Future for Sunglasses Brand Hawkers.

Viral 78

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Between my experiences as a management consultant, as well as my product and marketing roles at multiple tech companies, I felt that I had enough operational experience to make that leap sooner than later. See Also How to Find a Business Partner. It allows for rapid idea validation.

Entrepreneur 60

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Other companies, like Blue Origin, Firefly Space and Space X are all conducting operations in Texas, both together with NASA and for their own unique space ventures. More than 50 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Texas and six of the Fortune 50.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. After the first few years of operations, some 50-100 companies had gone through YC, and many of them stayed in touch and supported each other as well as newer batches of startups that were coming into YC as well. Mega VC, Micro VC.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

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. View more presentations.

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

From the point of view of a limited partner, the great challenge is scaling the business. This also should lower the failure rate of our companies. - Providing standardized operational support for portfolio companies. They’re also inflation-hedged. We see other VCs pursuing a similar strategy.

Early Stage 148

Early Stage Private Equity Portfolio Aggregator 148

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. 8:30 Networking. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking. 6:30 Registration.

Private Equity 114

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

First, a formal definition: According to Capital Dynamics , “Co-investments are direct investments in a company made alongside and on the same terms as a lead [General Partner]. We see our potential coinvestors in four primary buckets: 1) HOF Capital ’s own limited partners. 2) Investors with very specific value-add. Economic benefit.

Syndicate 60

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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? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

To facilitate the acquisition the company has partnered with Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, who have invested to take a controlling interest in the combined company. The combined company will continue to be operated and managed by the All Web Leads executive team.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Lead Generation Acquisition Boston 63

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

To start with the amount of risk capital — including angel, institutional VC, and other private equity — deployed towards startups was actually greater in Dallas than Austin , as of Q1 2017, with $6.97 Jackie Kimzey , one of the early Sevin Rosen general partners, is a fellow professor on the faculty of UT Dallas with me.)

Dallas 60

Dallas Austin Texas Cofounder 60

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

You identify the “hot” companies; network into them; and sell them on the value of accepting your capital. However, Abe Othman, Partner at Indicator Fund and Head of Data Science at AngelList, observes, “Those companies don’t have a “margin of safety” though, in the traditional Seth Klarman sense of the word.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

According to Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, about 10-15% of the 1,000 active venture capitalists in the U.S. Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I was a poor college student (in computer networking field), while working part-time in food delivery (restaurant food/pizza). As I was finishing college, I just imagined being a network admin, and having my boss YELL at me all the time, while I’m laying network cables in some dusty basement or in suspended ceilings.

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 76

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

However, for most of the rest of us, the analytical skills honed in college or grad school, along with the opportunity to network and explore different fields prove invaluable later. And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

. - Studying best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. I am now leading a Columbia MBA team (ex-Mckinsey and BCG) on a study regarding best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. We typically do this by partnering with graduate student teams.

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Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

Chairman Alan Todd was formerly Founder and CEO of KnowledgePlanet, the largest cloud-based learning management system, which was acquired by a private equity consortium; and Founder and CEO of KnowledgeSoft, the largest IT training company in the mid-Atlantic region, which was acquired by Technicsource. Grovo solves this problem.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Private Equity Fractional CTO Cofounder 84

BeyondVC

JUNE 29, 2005

I am not sure how many entrepreneurs understand the structure of venture capital funds but the bottom line is that while VCs manage funds, we ultimately report to our investors or Limited Partners (LPs). It is not our money, and we have a fiduciary responsibility to manage it properly and generate the returns our LPs expect of us.

LP 60

LP Private Equity Due Diligence Venture Capital 60

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

But, if this is the case, why don’t investors in private equity diversify? Unfortunately, most individual investors in private equity significantly under-diversify their portfolios -- investing in one or only a handful of companies. Becoming a Limited Partner Investor in a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

But, if this is the case, why don’t investors in private equity diversify? Unfortunately, most individual investors in private equity significantly under-diversify their portfolios -- investing in one or only a handful of companies. Becoming a Limited Partner Investor in a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. Subscribe here for more.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I'm general partner at MarsBio VC and Director of The Corona Initiative. I was developing a mesh network that I envisioned being useful in the developing world and for the internet of things. Here is my conversation with Robert Rhinehart. Robert Rhinehart : Hi. My name is Robert Rhinehart. Before that, I was an electronics engineer.

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