View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). There’s a wide range of intermediaries for venture capital and private equity investment, each with its own structure and business model.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

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.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

These findings are informative, but often consist of aggregated data and use sophisticated statistical techniques to infer or explain what is going on with customers. To augment performance data, almost all companies use various forms of customer research, surveys, focus groups, mystery shoppers, and other techniques.

Customer 100

Customer Private Equity Miami Warrant 100

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. accel partners. Advent Venture Partners.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Dapper currently partners with Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo and following the acquisition its development center in Ramat Gan will become Yahoo’s development center in Israel.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

Looking at the aggregated list gives a quick sense of what funds are actively making investments. As a part of the round Rina Shainski, General Partner of Carmel Ventures joined company’s board. TASE:MAYN) Infinity Private Equity Fund; Suzhou Ventures Group Co., Viola Private Equity Buyer Funds: 28.

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

Looking at the aggregated list gives a quick sense of what funds are actively making investments. As a part of the round Rina Shainski, General Partner of Carmel Ventures joined company’s board. TASE:MAYN) Infinity Private Equity Fund; Suzhou Ventures Group Co., Viola Private Equity Buyer Funds: 28.

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98

David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. From the point of view of a limited partner, the great challenge is scaling the business. What was striking was what an attractive asset class it was. They’re also inflation-hedged.

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Early Stage Private Equity Portfolio Aggregator 148

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2014

There’s quite a range of information sources from curated reports to aggregated data. “LumaScapes”, the one-pager infographicscreated by consulting firm Luma Partners, provide a quick snapshot of the various parts of an industry and the logos of the companies playing in that space. 1) Industry reports.

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Curation Vertical San Francisco Angel Investor 167

David Teten

JUNE 13, 2012

I spent a lot of time researching search strategies for sales of all kinds when I was writing The Virtual Handshake and worked on my research study on how private equity and VC funds find great companies. As a result, I was able to adopt an effective process-driven approach to finding my spouse.

Private Equity 138

Private Equity New York Aggregator Matching 138

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

See the Techcrunch posts by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank , my recent post on the quality of angel returns data , as well as reports from the Silicon Valley Bank and Kauffman Foundation. Partners at smaller funds, by contrast, have to hustle before they can cover their mortgage.

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62