View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros of taking their angel money include the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. Cons of an investment from a Super Angel include potential lack of “value-add” because his or her time is spread so thin amongst many portfolio companies.

Angel Investor 334

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 334

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. Tech stack.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

You can stop making new investments, but it will take years to actually work through your active portfolio companies. I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 30, 2012

As you volunteer your time whether painting fences for a community park or serving pizza to school kids, look around at the other generous givers. is within volunteer communities. Thanks to Kenny Jahng of Big Click Syndicate LLC. The perfect way to find a great recruit. Thanks to Gayle Carson of Carson Research Center.

Employee 144

Employee LLC Non-Compete Utah 144

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. EShares is an increasingly popular tool in our portfolio for tracking private company cap tables.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. A standalone fund can arguably take more risk with a view to its portfolio’s overall performance.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Agile VC

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In addition, investing in startup tech companies turns out to provide only a modest level of diversification… angel investments tend to form a high beta portfolio, with reasonably close correlations to public equity markets. totally passive strategy won’t teach you much).

Angel Investor 265

Angel Investor Early Stage Syndicate Syndication 265

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2014

The NYC startup community maintains a positive, supportive atmosphere. There are a few obvious investors with great track records of repeat success, but when''s the last time you really tried to value an investor''s portfolio. Would the entrepreneur enthusiastically include them in the syndicate of their next venture?

Syndicate 124

Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Valuation 124

View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Leading up to the event, they published an article listing questions VCs never answer , as submitted by the community. I was recently asked to sit on panel with my fellow VC peers and some top entrepreneurs from the Boston tech community. These are all worth asking … and therefore worth answering. .

Boston 120

Boston Syndicate Syndication eCommerce 120

VC Adventure

MARCH 17, 2016

While the audience was Colorado focused, the overall message I delivered about the angel ecosystem is very relevant to all entrepreneurial communities. It’s reflected in how we treat entrepreneurs, how we work with our portfolio companies and the kind of structures we use for our investments.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor Colorado 48

Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

Look across virtually any industry and you’ll see great examples where traditional spaces are being disrupted by software, access to data, and massive online communities. Image via CrunchBase. Thus, it should come as no surprise that we are now seeing Venture Capital being disrupted by these forces as well. Why we’re excited.

Venture Capital 160

Venture Capital Vertical Curation SEC 160

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

You're going to want syndication partners on the deals you find and sounding boards on the thesis behind each of your potential investments. Other angels are a source of dealflow and can be leads to the kind of talent your portfolio needs to hire to be successful. 2) Network with as many other angel investors as possible.

Angel Investor 118

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Portfolio 118

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. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

A marketing/PR agency may have a flashy portfolio that impresses you with their big name clients, but for a startup or small business, paying thousands each month to such an agency isn’t going to be good bang for your (limited) buck. Be part of their community and you’ll be much more likely to get a story. – John Rampton , Host.

PR 145

PR Small Business SEO Warrant 145

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 1, 2013

On top of that, I am building a portfolio--and I plan to be a long term investor in the asset class. This current indecisiveness in our investor community is leading to party rounds, lower quality syndicates, and lots of founder time wasted. I am going to be wrong over the course of my career--many times.

Syndicate 112

Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Portfolio 112

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. In San Antonio we take great pride in our diverse, artistic, affordable and culturally rich community filled with a young and burgeoning creative class workforce.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Our portfolio has grown to 15 companies today, the bulk of which is on the US East Coast and roughly half the companies have already progressed from the seed stage to completing Series A rounds. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way. What’s Your Favorite Future?

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

1) How is the portfolio performing? On performance, we are happy with how things are shaping up in our early NextView I portfolio. As a result, we have been able to return a nice chunk of the first fund, with many of our most promising portfolio companies still in play and progressing rapidly. Zillow ), Hyperpublic ( acq.

Seed Stage 69

Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. I find the best angels tend to do great not because they are fixated on making money but because they want to participate in the startup community and be involved in the most exciting projects. Investment Strategy.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. I find the best angels tend to do great not because they are fixated on making money but because they want to participate in the startup community and be involved in the most exciting projects. Investment Strategy.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

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

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2016

After two years of a dedicated experiment, we’ve decided to stop making new investments via our FG Angels Syndicate. The Monday after AngelList announced their Syndicate product in September 2013 we decided to to jump in with both feet and start FG Angels. Average syndicate investment amount per deal: $316k.

Syndicate 70

Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor Portfolio 70

Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

Are they well regarded in the community? 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. past round one.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Valuation Sweat Equity Common Stock 60

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Even with aggressive recycling, the average fund doesn’t have capital available to support every portfolio company through every round. So the follow-on support that went into a later write-down came at the expense of other companies in the portfolio, some of whom would have been more accretive to the fund.

Vertical 48

Vertical LP Syndicate Syndication 48

Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

While I work with a few companies in Silicon Valley, the vast majority of my clients are either in Austin or ecosystems that look much more like Austin than SV; “second tier” tech communities. Large funds write larger checks because they lack the mental/resource bandwidth to actively manage a portfolio of smaller investments.

Liquidation Preference 48

Liquidation Preference Common Stock Valuation Silicon Valley 48

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness. We saw over time that our investor group, just like Angel List and most other angel groups, was good at syndication and not so good at leading rounds. 5) Closer ties to the Harvard community.

New York 114

New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. In angel investing, a proactive approach will directly increase your returns.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

. “With the establishment of the new R&D center, we will be in a better position to build a close relationship with the Israeli technology community and identify new technologies that could become part of our portfolio,&# said GE Global Research VP for Advanced Technologies Michael Idelchik.

Balance Sheet 90

Balance Sheet Acquisition Africa 90