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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Typical business stage.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

Over the the course of three years, K9 Ventures has invested in 18 startups, including CrowdFlower , Twilio , DNAnexus , HighlightCam , CardMunch , Lytro , Zimride , IndexTank , BackType , EasyESI , card.io , Baydin , LucidChart , Torbit , Occipital , TapCanvas , and 3Gear Systems. Not interested in me-too businesses.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

Over the the course of three years, K9 Ventures has invested in 18 startups, including CrowdFlower , Twilio , DNAnexus , HighlightCam , CardMunch , Lytro , Zimride , IndexTank , BackType , EasyESI , card.io , Baydin , LucidChart , Torbit , Occipital , TapCanvas , and 3Gear Systems. Not interested in me-too businesses.

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

David Teten

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. 2) Market .