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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.

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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

I know that I had things easier as a new VC because I came into the business in 2007 when the market was frenzied like today but an order-of-magnitude less so and the world wasn’t living in public. Not less work but fewer “things.” Across our partnership we will do 10-12 deals per year and with 5.5

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The Opportunity / Growth Fund Trend

Feld Thoughts

It was a $225 million fund, just like our other three $225 million funds raised in 2007, 2010, and 2013. Our goal is to make about 30 investments in each fund (2007 has 28, 2010 had 31) that range between $5m and $15m over the life of the company. We are equally happy to syndicate with one or two other VC firms.

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The Different CTO Roles

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Main July 11, 2007 The Different CTO Roles I was putting together a short panel presentation on the roleof a Chief Technology Officer in corporate innovation and I once again realized that there is quite a bit of confusion around the role of the CTO. I have metCTOs who manage divisions that had 500 - 1000 engineers or more.

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The Opportunity / Growth Fund Trend

Feld Thoughts

It was a $225 million fund, just like our other three $225 million funds raised in 2007, 2010, and 2013. Our goal is to make about 30 investments in each fund (2007 has 28, 2010 had 31) that range between $5m and $15m over the life of the company. We are equally happy to syndicate with one or two other VC firms.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. They worry too much about missing out on a deal.

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How We Think About Values Versus Deeply Held Beliefs

Feld Thoughts

.” Each of our funds is $225 million, we have four partners and no other investment staff, and we work out of the same office we’ve worked out of since we started in 2007. We’ve had opportunities to raise much larger funds and have considered it in the past given a variety of factors.