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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

In 2013 the funding landscape changed with the JOBS act. And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. Now, how do we become successful founders?

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts. Acquirer/ Investor. ff Venture Capital.

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Our First FG Angels Investment in OnTheGo Platforms Has Closed

Feld Thoughts

This morning we announced that we have closed a financing in OnTheGo Platforms via our FG Angels syndicate. On October 1st, 2013 we announced that we’d be forming an AngelList syndicate called FG Angels and making 50 seed investments through AngelList by the end of 2014. would come from syndicate participants.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

About 46% of airline related queries on Kayak (again vast majority of usage for flights) currently rely on data licensed from ITA and the current agreement runs out at the end of 2013, though obviously Kayak is working hard to reduce reliance on this data. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Series D Preferred.

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Looking Backwards and Forwards – NextView in 2013 and the Year Ahead

Rob Go

Here are the posts from 201 1, 201 2, and 2013. Because our data from 2013 is so similar to prior years, I thought I’d do something a little different with this lookback. We make 2-4 investments per year per partner. We don’t do chip-in investments – each investment is a full-allocation of partner time.

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Will Seed Funds Be Multigenerational?

Hunter Walker

Also, a partner who is transitioning into a non-FT role going forward. One question that’s been on my mind since we started Homebrew in early 2013 was whether seed venture would end up being multigenerational or not. Or will there be an early stage bifurcation into multi-GP platforms and smaller syndicate-sized funds.

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Homebrew investment The Skimm raises $6m+ Series A

Hunter Walker

Homebrew led their seed financing in 2013 and enthusiastically continued our participation in this latest round. Although we always invest with a diverse syndicate and usually have a co-lead VC, as partners of conviction, we’re not afraid to write the largest check on our own when we believe in the founders and the company.