David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

All venture capital and NIH funding data for CY 2010 – 2014 in USA. A standardized way to look at the issue is to calculate funding per DALY, i.e., the amount of venture capital (both private and corporate) and NIH research funding allocated to combat each year of healthy life lost. Source: NIH, CB Insights.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Technical Review Non-Compete Philadelphia 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Or, as always, summary notes available below. Is that when it became big?

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. 5 years ago.

Los Angeles 387

Los Angeles Intellectual Property LP Venture Capital 387

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2018

Entrepreneurs need to understand what’s involved – from what to consider when picking the right venture partner and how to think about the economic and control rights at stake, to what life will be like after the deal closes. That not only benefits them, but it benefits us as their partners and investors. Raising money is hard.

Venture Capital 77

Venture Capital Cofounder Video Partner 77

www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. VIDEO GAMES. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. million of what partners hope will be a much larger fund. GeekWire Partners.

Venture Capital 42

Venture Capital Seattle Cofounder Software Engineering 42

David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

New York 114

New York Georgia Technical Review Venture Capital 114

David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

New York 114

New York Georgia Technical Review Venture Capital 114

Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2021

When it comes to my job, after practicing venture capital for seven years under normal circumstances, it was instructive to get thrown into this new scenario, because I don’t think we’ll ever fully “return to normal.” What’s the “turn off video” equivalent for me when being at a large event? Or maybe not.

Venture Capital 105

Venture Capital San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco 105

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. Fooling us into downloading an app to watch a video and afterward feeling duped. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital!

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on.

Software Review 124

Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Elevator Pitch 124

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. As with most business and personal interactions, first impressions tend to become lasting ones.

Angel Investor 268

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Early Stage 268

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

“ Video games will move to the center of the entertainment and pop-culture universe next year” Axios, Future of media: Gaming Over the past two days, I had a chance to attend the Pocket Gamer Connects (PGC) London and meet and greet game developers, execs, studios, investors and service providers to the gaming industry.

Generative AI 103

Generative AI San Francisco Technical Review Europe 103

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital today with Jason Calacanis talking about the big VC deals at the moment and talking about the VC industry. It’s about a 30 minute video (or about as long as it normally takes to read my rambling posts! IPO market is back. We discussed some of the recent IPOs. and much more.

Venture Capital 232

Venture Capital IPO Valuation Deal Flow 232

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: FirstMark Capital (Amish Jani)(lead), with existing investors: Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Social Network Angel Investor Chad 265

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Minecraft had 141 million active players in 2021, sold more than 200 million copies since inception and is one of the most viewed category of videos on Youtube. For that, Yuga labs partnered with London based Improbable. Animoca Brands is a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company founded 2014 by Yat Siu.

IP 206

IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. RocketHub also recently partnered with the TV channel A&E for marketing and funding help for their favorite fundraising campaigns.

Kenya 119

Kenya Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review 119

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. In US Social Tends for 2021 , an eMarketer report claims that the all social media in 2021 is pointing to one direction – video. These include consumer trends, gaming, entertainment tech, sports and commerce.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Partners leave the industry. Here’s my take: 1.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

My job as a VC isn’t to beat myself up or any other partner up for the one deal we didn’t do. If you really want to know how I feel about Snapchat then you need to check out www.snapstorms.com where I post short advice videos that I previously recorded on Snapchat. Any other angle is just sour grapes.

IPO 214

IPO Los Angeles Technical Review Silicon Valley 214

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The $130 million Series D investment round was co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. Hanaco Venture Capital is a fund located in New York and Tel Aviv that invests in developing and late-stage startups from across the world.

Private Equity 142

Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 142

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6%

Revenue 60

Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2020

That way, when you’re talking to them on Zoom, it’s not them trying to focus on what’s happening in the slide that you might be sharing or the demo that you’re doing, but they can actually try to make some kind of human connection via a video conference. The Future of Venture Capital.

Partner 156

Partner Marketing Portfolio Early Stage 156

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. Internally at Upfront Ventures we talk about “high consensus” vs. controversial deals with “high conviction.”

Technical Review 362

Technical Review America Partner United States 362

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. So what are you waiting for?

Silicon Valley 293

Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The video is only 16 minutes long and it is well worth the time. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting. Tesla is not. It's a great talk.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

million, and we can write as little as $250k or as much as $15 million in our first check (we can follow on with $50 million + in follow-on rounds) We build a portfolio that is diversified given the focus areas of our partners. The outcome of this is that each partner does about 2 new deals per year or 5.5 We do other things, too.

Bankruptcy 294

Bankruptcy Bridge Financing Portfolio Angel Investor 294

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2017

We are excited to announce that Chris Moody is joining Foundry Group as a partner. When we started Foundry Group in 2006, we were very clear that we were not going to build a legacy venture capital firm; one meant to outlive its founders. For a while, the only name on the list was Lindel’s. Welcome, Chris!

Partner 91

Partner Venture Capital Conversion Portfolio 91

SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Vyopta, a video analytics firm, Thursday announced a $5 million Series A funding led by Austin-based AVX Partners. Austin-based Vyopta works with big companies to help them collaborate internally and serve customers better with videos. It has more than 70 customers including Vista Print and the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Venture Capital 48

Venture Capital Analytics Austin Video 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

I think you’ll really enjoy this video , but as always I have summary notes for those with less time. These notes graciously provided by Adam Besvinick , who is a summer associate at ff ventures run by the affable John Frankel , who will also be on the show soon. Such that during that time, Chris “learned how to learn.”.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Cofounder API 281

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. Lindel is no stranger to thorny venture capital issues — he was arguably amongst the most successful LPs of his generation.

Leadership 161

Leadership LP Venture Capital Silicon Valley 161

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit. I’m typing this from the lawn of Alan Patricof’s “Greycroft” home in East Hampton – my first time in the Hamptons.

PR 279

PR Technical Review Portfolio Customer Development 279

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the. Take the Interview ( www.

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Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128