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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

At least for investment banks the answer is not so clear cut. The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

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. – Aggregation, ranking, and discounts from service providers. I’m very interested in additional ways to use technology to extend each of these! – OKRs for CEOs.

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

David Teten

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk. We can use technology to make sales far more efficient. . She is a model for us all! 10) Report.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. billion.

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SELLING YOUR COMPANY? THE 5 BIGGEST LEGAL MISTAKES

Scott Edward Walker

From the seller’s perspective, the first step in connection with the sale of his company is the negotiation and execution of a confidentiality agreement (sometimes referred to as a “non-disclosure agreement” or an “NDA”) with the potential buyer. Mistake #2: Not Negotiating the Material Terms of the Sale in the Letter of Intent.

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No Mess (Too Much Liquidation Preference)

ithacaVC

One final background point, a “liquidation event” is a sale of the company and typically NOT an IPO. So, after the Series B round the company would have $13mm of aggregate liquidation preference ($3mm plus 2*$5mm). Yet, it is able to attract more investment capital. Is the $13mm of aggregate LP a problem?

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. Add micro payments services like Square to the equation and very soon we will begin to hear investment bankers start to cry foul like journalists and recording industry executives have been doing since Napster.

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