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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. Sebastian Soler, CEO of Knowledge.VC , observes, “Structured, accurate and accessible data never really existed before for the private markets, at scale. Pitchbot.vc

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . 3) Raise capital.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

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. the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page.

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4 Ways To Transform Your Side Gig Into Your Main Show

YoungUpstarts

I realized that to become the kind of global leader I aspired to be, I’d need to know English. A willingness to take chances and adapt to changing circumstances is critical. Even in seventh grade in my native India, ambition boiled in me. So, I transferred to an English school. Never settle for less.

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

David Teten

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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Join me at Alpha Innovation Required conference, Sep. 18-19, NYC

David Teten

Dave Dowsett , Invesco – Global Head Technology Strategy, Digital Transformation, AI & Emerging Technology. Rasheed Sabar , Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Correlation One. billion, and 12 have been acquired for more than $6 billion in aggregate since presenting at the AIR Summit. Mazy Dar , CEO of OpenFin.