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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Founded in 2007. Time will tell. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Do Less. More.

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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. partners and now principals making investments that number is the right-sized fit for our firm.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. 166M round closed Dec 2007. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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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%). At our partner meetings the number one thing I look for in our decisions is the conviction level of the sponsoring partner. They worry too much about missing out on a deal.

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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. In this pattern the CTO is often a co-founder ofthe business, or one of the first hires.

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Ethos: What 'Blank Canvas' Means to NextView ? AGILEVC

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My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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How We Think About Values Versus Deeply Held Beliefs

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” 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. For example, one of our deeply held beliefs is that “we will never grow.”