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Win The ‘Sure Things’ Or Find The Hidden Gems? What’s My Job As A VC?

Hunter Walker

I believe we need to win our share of consensus deals in our core verticals (fintech, SaaS/FoW, etc) and when we know the founders already, but not let the volume of consensus dealflow overwhelm our ability to find and back non-consensus startups. They can fight and win their place on these cap tables and are doing so.

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“I wanted to do the deal but i couldn’t convince my partners” isn’t an Explanation, it’s an Excuse

Hunter Walker

When I’m on the cap table I can help a founder navigate this to try and avoid going the distance with a potential investor. If you are a check-writing partner at a venture fund and you offer up this sentence to a startup CEO it means one of three things: a) You blew the process by not enrolling your partnership.

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What Do You Want From Me Besides Capital?

Hunter Walker

Vertical Expertise” – More hands and minds around the industry maze they’re traversing. Who will hold the accountable to building something they’re proud of but remember we sit on the cap table, not the org chart. The answers I receive typically fall across four categories: 1.

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Seed Investing & Dark Dealflow: You Lose 100% Of The Deals You Don’t See

Hunter Walker

Make ourselves tangible in our practices and areas of expertise and build case for founders that these are worth adding to their cap table and will best serve them in their current company. These are some of the verticals that our portfolio suggests we have interest and a POV. What can we do in these situations?

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Feenix focuses on companies in the consumer space across a number of industry verticals including: multi-unit Food & Beverage operators, hospitality, managed workspace (office or food halls), location based entertainment venues, and various direct to consumer online companies. Limited amount of existing debt and a clean cap table”.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

And if you do feel you've found the right person, by all means make their stock contain standard vesting provisions to guard against a bad fit that takes significant amounts of stock off the cap table. I don't want to see any more of you with crappy business guys ruining your great ideas, ok?

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Three New Types of AngelList Syndicates I Hope to See

Hunter Walker

Let the Syndicate handle filtering for membership – it would almost feel more like an investment club – but they would see themselves as value add angels, without the company needing to add them all individually to the cap table or hold 20 separate pitch meetings. 3) The Alternate Liquidity Syndicate.