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

David Teten

Some other companies with variations of this model include Alpha Venture Partners , Connectivity Ventures Fund , Crowdfunder , and Proof.VC. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Launch a venture capital fund of funds.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

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. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. FLEXIBLE VC VS. OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL MODELS.

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Announcing First Round’s Investment in GroupMe

This is going to be BIG.

They also couldn’t have asked for a better syndicate of investors. Both groups signed up for the deal, as did Lerer Media Ventures, and several other prominent angels—including Josh Stylman and Pete Hershberg, who backed my previous company. GroupMe is more than just a way to text in groups.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. The next time we host it in Austin, we will invite venture capitalists from Houston.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

mashable.com

But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

mashable.com

They may also contribute code to the community that comprises the backbone of their technology. In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.

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Austin’s Entrepreneurial Landscape

Austin Startup

Or perhaps it’s New York City — where companies like Foursquare, Warby Parker, and Rent the Runway got their start. In November of 2015, the Austin Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Austin Technology Council released the Inaugural Capital Landscape Analysis to answer these questions.