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

David Teten

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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

David Teten

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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Marketplaces are Eating Firms (Unedited)

A Crowded Space

They provide on-demand temp labor via mobile devices. . And yes, AngelList syndicates are trying to kill VC firms. With scale, marketplaces have the ability to understand supply and demand and ensure that the right resources are available at the right time. Marketplaces do an excellent job at aggregating demand.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

In the asset management industry, the norm is that the General Partner puts in 1-2% of the total assets under management. And what happens if you don’t get into the one VC that gets into Cornerstone On Demand (ffVC company, now the 10th largest SaaS company in the world)? In aggregate, angels are significant investors.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does. And I feel great about that.

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