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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

We are taking a mathematical (weighted coefficients estimation, probabilistic modelling, etc), human-system hybrid approach to early stage investing through this tool. We believe this way we can extrapolate insights for our particular business model (portfolio operator VC fund) previously missed out.”.

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Where Does VC Money Actually Come From? [Flowchart]

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Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds). Insurance Companies.

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Where Do Venture Capital Dollars Actually Come From? This Visual Explains

Agile VC

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds). Insurance Companies.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Raising the firm’s initial $165 million was a three-year overnight success,” Coats says.