David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 2) Market . I never used the word qualified.’.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

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. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

million and is established by negotiations between the entrepreneur and the angel investors. Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them. The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program.

Community 121

Community Estonia Ireland Finland 121

VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

Update below with the final email in the chain where the entrepreneur apologizes (and talks about some challenges around fundraising that led to his frustration). I think this is getting more common amongst VCs, but I do hear from a number of entrepreneurs that they send notes off and get nothing back.

SBA 117

SBA Syndicate Syndication Email 117

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

A lot of times you hear VCs talk about their sourcing in raw numbers… “we saw X opportunities in 2011 and invested in [small fraction of X]“ But ultimately “good” dealflow is about signals – large amplitude, high signal to noise ratio, and enough strong signals on an absolute basis to build a portfolio.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Framework Silicon Valley Early Stage 100

VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

Update below with the final email in the chain where the entrepreneur apologizes (and talks about some challenges around fundraising that led to his frustration). I think this is getting more common amongst VCs, but I do hear from a number of entrepreneurs that they send notes off and get nothing back.

SBA 48

SBA Syndicate Syndication Email 48