David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. Greylock Partners. You can register for the survey here. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Are investors allowed to come into deals that the fund does side by side with the fund? This creates a source of deal flow for investors who aren’t out there full time creating opportunities.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community. I built communities, ran 100’s of events, and met thousands and thousands of amazing people along the way. Despite that part, I have had a charmed professional life.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2020

As for the output: you’re becoming customers of startups, you’re co-developing ideas, you’re investing, and you’re acquiring with the startup community. The Deal Flow Session. The model that’s worked consistently is the deal flow session. Find some great partners.”. That’s all great in theory,” I told Will.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers. He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA. Focus on the partner you would be working with. One issue he talked about was working with partners. I also like to work with partners.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). High Road Capital Partners Deal Sourcing Keynote. Fitzsimmons, High Road Capital Partners. Social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. If you’re an associate, an assistant, in finance or a new partner interviewing with the firm – you know what we expect! So what else have we done to live up to our brand changes?

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. All of these findings inspired the team to move forward with a more robust storytelling app for the Chicago community and schedule a release in spring of 2019.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 24, 2014

It’s a great way for us to meet with lots of founders, improve our deal flow and hopefully give a little back to teh community. Do your research on Forward Partners ahead of time (or other VCs if you are meeting them) – you want the whole 15 minutes to be about you. Every month we run an open office hours.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Entrepreneurs make connections with other entrepreneurs, mentors, corporate partners, and investors who will help their company succeed. City governments connect with local entrepreneurs, corporations, and community leaders to grow and sustain a vibrant startup economy.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. We proudly choose to be a collaborative organization willing to share our components and discoveries with partners and customers around the world.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Anything from intense customer love despite barely even having a product, pre-sales, a deal for access to data that creates a moat that no one else has—the list goes on. It’s the “hook” that gets a team noticed in a partner meeting. This is lazy, sexist, and racist—and also stupid because it has no provable impact on deal flow quality.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. You should come along for the ride if you are interested in investing more in Texas technology and disruptive commerce companies and want to develop relationships with local investors who can be your deal flow.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . I said we had a lot of deal flow.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I spent time today negotiating it with him and getting my partners bought into some changes. We call these investors “LPs” for limited partners. I like to meet people like this because in an hour I get catch up on everything going on in the startup community. He turned me down for a job in 2005. And I theirs.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Angelrounds are their whole business, as online video was for YouTube.Whereas VCs who make angel investments mostly do it as a way togenerate deal flow for series A rounds. [ In a traditional series A round, the partnerwhose deal it is takes a seat on the startups board. In this case the super-angels are the invaders.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2011

A group such as LinkedIn’s Deal Flow Network has over 11,000 members and provides a simple way for investors to share tips about strategies and upcoming opportunities. Online startup communities, such as Go Big Network and Fundingpost , also make it possible for investors to search for new opportunities.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Acton: I can't prove the assertion, but it's a judgment that I've developed after years of doing this work and is seconded by my launch partners all of whom are experienced investors. Ted: Great service to the startup community! As a community we can achieve a lot. Posted by: twang | 03/02/2010 at 10:00 AM.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

One of few ways to learn is by doing (or observing your own partners, or other senior investors). I also find this as an invaluable source of future deal flow, future recruiting and future decisions about whom I want to co-invest with. msuster Many investors don't know how to be good Board members. I try not to be.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. Today, the Indian scenario has improved greatly, but still the issue of lack of a mature deal flow remains. During this week's roundtable, we had three startups presenting.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Andrew Wong, CEO of MAD, has been working with us for almost a year, and we have made a mutual choice to deepen the partnership by making MAD a premiere value-added reseller partner of the 1M/1M program. This, we believe, will create a strong downstream deal flow for all of you - incubators, angel investors, and VCs. Techsailor.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Entrepreneurs make connections with other entrepreneurs, mentors, corporate partners, and investors who will help their company succeed. City governments connect with local entrepreneurs, corporations, and community leaders to grow and sustain a vibrant startup economy.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” Surprisingly, this isn’t just an LP kind of question, I actually get this a lot from founders or even just friends who are not directly involved in the startup community. I did a session with the partners of the Dorm Room Fund a few nights ago, and that was the first question that came up.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2012

One is the idea of being a participant and a contributor to the community that we are involved in. The other idea is the concept of collaboration and shared ownership between the partners of our fund. Also, some firms are very competitive internally, and so those investors take deal “ownership” very seriously.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

Have domain expertise in an emerging area that the VC cares about and wants to develop more authority and deal flow around. The most obvious candidates of this sort are the folks who started or led community organizations focused on startups and their respective tech communities. ” That’s pretty much it.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Vetting deal flow is part of the job. I don't want to outsource my deal vetting to people who don't do what I do for a living. Another thing that skews the process is the lack of accessibility of many partner-level VCs, especially to diverse communities. You're a partner at a firm, you're married, have kids, etc.,

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. dedicated deal sourcers for every generalist investment professional.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

For the last two years, I’ve been pretty vocal about politics on social media , in my weekly tech community newsletter and on this blog. It’s an entirely fair question—and the risk is that limited partners, founders, or other VCs might not want to work with me because I’m vocal about my political views. We get judged all the time.

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BeyondVC

JUNE 8, 2005

We also like to speak with strategic partners and understand gaps in their product portfolio (to the extent they will share that with us) to further triangulate our thoughts on the market. Instead they need to make sure the venture capital community understands what problems we face so that they fund the right portfolio companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I still think it’s best to take money from Dave when you’re also partnered with a more focused, hands-on seed-stage VC who brings different things to the table – like more ability to write larger checks in a downturn (for one) or solving a deep crisis that involves super hands-on involvement. My Personal Take on AngelList.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Avataar Ventures invests exclusively in companies which fit these criteria: “$15 Million + in Annual Recurring Revenues; Strong Tech-Led B2B & SaaS Companies; Core Operations in India/ South East Asia; Open to Active Partnering.” They exist as heuristics, but at the end of the day, deal flow trumps everything.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 23, 2019

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. I want to create deal flow for years, not just today because man, that’s really hard. Transcript of Making Sales Prospecting Fun and Easy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Gordon is also operating director of Zynga and director at Amazon, both sFund partners.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2017

Two things happened there: I found the perfect person to partner with: Nisha Dua. Here’s the thing: We’ve seen or been approached by almost 1800 startups since we launched, so there’s clearly not an issue with deal flow. Many venture funds lack a female partner, let alone gender balance.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

"Uber’s ascent to the largest rideshare company in the world was fueled by a recurring cycle in which it blatantly ignored state and local laws, became entrenched and widely used in a community, and then tried to use its largesse to change the laws it was breaking." Who benefitted equity-wise from Uber's success? Read Kareem's Op-Ed as well.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. – SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Why is that?

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