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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. At a $1 million, pre-money, with an investment of $500K, that would leave 67% of the company for the founders and initial option pool. Blog Archive. My Blog List. Post a Comment.

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

David Teten

See their blog post on multiples.). I use the vendors of PE/VC investing data I listed above to track the interests of potential private equity/VC coinvestors, and selectively introduce investee companies as we build out a syndicate. . Modano standardizes Excel models to improve comparability and reduce error rates.

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

From a practical perspective, this means getting actively involved in your local tech community, regularly attending industry events and conferences, writing blog posts/articles, integrating yourself into communities on social networks and, of course, doing outstanding work as an employee (to develop a great reputation).