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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts). I enjoyed giving a short interview on BBC radio the following morning, after which a dozen Halo members participated in a workshop I led on portfolio strategy and post-investment relationships.

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

David Teten

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. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

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Handling rejection

VC Adventure

At Foundry we see something like 5,000 business plans every year of which probably 500 or more are clearly plans that will get funded by someone. We get over 5,000 business plans submitted to us each year (and fund about 8 new ideas). And, of course, the math makes it hard as well.

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Handling rejection

VC Adventure

At Foundry we see something like 5,000 business plans every year of which probably 500 or more are clearly plans that will get funded by someone. We get over 5,000 business plans submitted to us each year (and fund about 8 new ideas). And, of course, the math makes it hard as well.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

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. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

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. v] Number of business plans received.

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Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

Can you get references from their portfolio companies? If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. If they don’t like to syndicate, or don’t have a track record of doing it, you will want to consider your options. Can you get references from their portfolio companies?