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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Too often, investment structures force the management team to make decisions between misaligned growth and investment (return) objectives. Flexible VC: Blended Return.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

We have chosen to define “growth rounds” as rounds of $100 million or more but if you include deals of $50 million or more (traditional growth or mezzanine rounds) this accounts for 62% of the entire startup funding market. If you get into a high-growth company and you have asymmetric information on how the management team is performing?—?this

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

The Venture Capital in the Rockies 2010 Winter conference is a premier event for both promising companies and attendees,” said Seth Levine, chairman of VCIR and a managing partner at the Foundry Group, a Boulder, CO-based venture capital firm. TopSchool, Inc. Clementine Arts markets the first full line of natural art supplies for children.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Over the last 10 years we have seen impressive numbers that show the conference being an initiator in the future success of presenting companies. TopSchool, Inc.