David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

It's not that this latter group isn't aggressive enough--after all, they're ditching everything else they could to to start companies. Yesterday, I met with a founder with an interesting model who was raising $400k to bring the finishing touches to her product to make it customer-ready. Something else is at play. That is a fact.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

These anticipated outcomes were validated by “ Returns to Angels in Groups ” by Professor Rob Wiltbank in November 2007. Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. — Unwilling.

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Professor VC

JULY 7, 2015

During the set break (perhaps influenced by the large amount of second half smoke consumed), I thought about angel groups in relation to the lyrics above, particularly the "you analyze me, pretend to despise me" line. In theory, angel groups are great.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll likely organize a Harvard Business School Angels of NY event on this topic in 2012. - Studying best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. You can see preliminary results of this value creation study below. - Encouraging non-US companies to set up operations in the US.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Angel groups using Gust. Acquirer/ Investor.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

I had a conversation recently with Alex Mittal, Co-founder and CEO of FundersClub (FC) and decided to revisit my blog post from last fall that was skeptical of crowdfunding for angel investments. Some of the current services act on the investment bank model and either facilitate transactions between investors and companies (i.e.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. Why is that?

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