Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Regulatory compliance is an increasingly significant challenge for private equity firms. US federal laws and the rules of self-regulatory organizations impose numerous yearly reporting and compliance obligations on investment advisers, including private equity firms.

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Private Equity Equity Due Diligence Securities and Exchange Commission 52

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? 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.

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Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

David Teten

JANUARY 2, 2020

Best Practices of Private Equity Funds in Origination ” at the Wells Fargo SBIC Symposium, an event for their portfolio funds. The post New video: Private equity origination best practices appeared first on David Teten. A few weeks ago I presented on “ Where Are the Deals?

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David Teten

JUNE 2, 2019

I’m hosting a Voray dinner discussion on 6/26 evening in NYC on Portfolio Acceleration. LPs now expect private equity funds to have a systematic approach to portfolio value creation. What technology tools have you found helpful in working with your portfolio? Details and RSVP. Background reading.

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Private Equity Portfolio Equity Hosting 60

David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2019

Negotiating Employment with a Private Equity Firm – 7 Surprises to Expect. The post Negotiating a Job Offer from a Private Equity/VC Portfolio Company appeared first on David Teten. How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer. Compensation Structure. Executive Compensation & Severance.

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Private Equity Equity Due Diligence Portfolio 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. .

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. .

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I’m delivering a webinar next Tuesday for Harvard Business School Career Services on “How to Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies” Among the topics I’m covering: - Raise capital from a venture capital fund to found a company. Join a portfolio company board. .

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 122

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

In case you didn’t know, many VCs target a 3-year investment horizon for a fund and after that the fund mostly does only follow-on investments in companies in that portfolio. So they will have allocations to US public equities, international public equities, emerging market public equities, real estate, mining, minerals and so forth.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

Mid-sized VC firms are increasingly being squeezed by large corporations and private equity firms that are following VCs’ timeless example and starting to take increasing risk. The lower costs of capital also mean that startups are less risky bets, allowing for more diversification among portfolios.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Kenya Startup 193

David Teten

MAY 19, 2017

I’ve also published research here on private equity , venture capital , hedge funds and mutual funds , and angel investing , as well as on fund management : origination , due diligence , investment research , and portfolio acceleration. If I’m missing any from the list below, please contact me. CONFERENCES. BACKGROUND.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity New York City 60

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

Arena Growth Partners | Venture Capital and Private Equity | Austin, Texas - Venture to Lead™ Aspect Ventures We bridge the gap between your seed and later stage venture so together, we can turn great ideas into great companies. For most of us, we have been the only woman partner or senior executive in our firm.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. Among the most important information to include: details on return history, legal documents, fund organization chart, portfolio construction model , portfolio company 1-pagers, key personnel resumes, and case studies of past investments.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. – Portfolio company diversity.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. – Portfolio company diversity.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies.and Buy a Company with Private Equity Backing.

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Networking Private Equity SEC Software Review 122

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Beyond providing capital, private credit firms often engage in strategic partnerships with their portfolio companies. This meticulous approach ensures that investments are made in companies with sound fundamentals and a clear path to value creation, even if they don’t fit the conventional lending criteria of traditional banks.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Also see Preqin’s Key Due Diligence Considerations for Private Equity Investors. . VC and private equity are very illiquid on both the investing and the personnel side.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language.

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Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In spite of this, private equity funds have used the rallying cry of efficiency to hijack corporate strategy and loot the profits that historically would have been reinvested into research and development and new products. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury. Ultimately this is not just another staff function.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. If you do, tread lightly and—like any good investor—make the targeting of startups less than 10% of your overall marketing and sales portfolio. Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups.

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Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 107

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

For mature businesses, there are Private Equity or PE firms. ? Investors usually carry a portfolio of startups. So, it is natural for them to fund companies that are complementary to the startups already in their portfolio. So do your research into the investor’s portfolio before pitching. Debt investors.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. The delegation will be in NYC January 14-15 and is looking for investment professionals to join roundtable discussions as speakers.

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

7/ SaaS roll-ups and micro-private equity become huge. There is also a network effect of portfolio companies with early GPs. I think the infrastructure and operational complexity get in the way of massive rollouts for the longtail of 350mm Americans, and I don’t get it until 2022. I was totally wrong here. 9/ Hubs vs. Offices.

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Balance Sheet Stock Private Equity Option Pool 97

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

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. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Tech stack. Crunchbase.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

While general impact investing is becoming more mainstream for high net worth individuals and institutions, gender lens investing has not benefitted from the same level of traction in the private equity and venture capital space. There is also much progress to be made in the standardization of gender lens investment criteria.

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Private Equity Venture Capital United States Equity 54

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They also partner with growth, private equity, and venture capital funds to help their B2B technology portfolio businesses improve their leadership, strategy and execution, and address revenue challenges across their portfolio. Giving back to the community.

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Founder B2B Private Equity India 128

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. If you do, tread lightly and—like any good investor—make the targeting of startups less than 10% of your overall marketing and sales portfolio.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You’ll notice that Harvard lost 30% of the entire value of its portfolio. So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. They’ll need to focus on getting portfolio companies funded.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Steve Blank

APRIL 26, 2022

Venture capital, like most private equity, is an unregulated financial asset class – anything goes. Your cram down investors will likely sell your technology for piece parts and/or use your company to benefit their other portfolio companies. ” On one hand they’re right. Time to Think.

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Cram Down Founder Venture Capital Recapitalization 404

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. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. 1) Manage the firm .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

One of my responsibilities at ff Venture Capital is helping to accelerate value creation in our portfolio companies. I published the first research study on this topic in the Journal of Private Equity , peHub , Betabeat , and Techcrunch. I’ve also attached below a presentation I delivered on our conclusions.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Portfolio 114

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. Private Equity sees infrastructure investing as uncorrelated diversification and has the additional upside of correcting any operational inefficiencies.

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Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). At its core Venture Capital is nothing more than a small portion of the Private Equity financial asset class.

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Liquidity Event Founder Liquidation Preference Venture Capital 120

David Teten

APRIL 8, 2013

My coauthors and I just published in the Journal of Private Equity the first-ever research study on best practices of venture capitalists in creating portfolio company value through operational support, exploring exactly these questions. Some $246b of private equity was invested globally in 2011, vs. VC at around $20b a year.

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Private Equity Hungary IRR Venture Capital 114

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. What will happen for the startup IPO market?

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IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Review 100

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Main Street Capital is a publicly traded private equity firm that offers equity and debt financing to lower middle-market companies with a revenue between $10 million and $150 million. Overall, it has a solid real estate portfolio, plenty of geographic diversification, and is a leader in its industry. Main Street Capital.

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