Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2021

While the Texas weather is preferable to New York City and the cost of living preferable to San Francisco, there are many more reasons that entrepreneurs are flocking to Texas. Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors. it has been decades in the making.

Accredited Investor 106

Accredited Investor Texas San Antonio San Francisco 106

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

If you’re a venture capitalist … you have limited partners that give you money to invest on their behalf, and you’re responsible for giving them outsize returns. Steve : And they wanted a bigger business than just a vent company. Nayeem : (Nods.)

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Ohio Columbus Entrepreneur 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Sources like Crunchbase , Angel List , and Seed Invest even give this data away for free or very low cost. A more efficient approach is to mine the data exhaust from the Limited Partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. 2) Raise capital.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2020

In this type of business, the combination of raw materials, labor, and overhead cost in its production process before the outcome products are then sold to wholesalers, retailers, and consumers. There’s a general partnership where all partners have unlimited liabilities. Hence, there’s a reproduction process of the purchased products.

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Intellectual Property Limited Liability Company Stock LLC 264

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2020

You may calculate the cost of goods sold here in addition to the partnership’s intake overall. You’ll also need to document deductible business expenses, including maintenance costs, rent, local or state taxes, depreciation, employee benefits and other costs.

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Cofounder Private Equity Partner Limited Partner 136

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

For example, our limited partners have major ownership interests in such companies as Adidas , LafargeHolcim (largest building materials manufacturer in the world), and SuperNAP International (developer of data center facilities worldwide; used by Amazon, Intel and Microsoft). See slides 33-35 of my presentation on recruiting.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. Attendees “get hands-on experience, insight, tips and tricks from AWS experts on how to architect [their] applications, optimize [their] costs and deploy quickly to the AWS cloud.” 1) Corporate Venture Capital.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Support Venture Capital Balance Sheet 114

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

If you were a “with it” VC you needed to have a “Content&# or “Multimedia&# company in your portfolio to impress your limited partners – educational software companies, game companies, or anything that could be described as content and/or Multimedia. Not all VCs are equal.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? Every year I invited my largest investors to NYC to have an LPAC meeting (Limited Partner Advisory Committee?—?kind cash & unallocated stock options) Should we raise capital, from whom, how much and at what price?

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LP Startup Burn Rate Stock Options 269

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Here’s my take: 1.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I’m not saying that VC behavior is always impeccably honorable but the truth is that there are so few VCs and the reputational costs of bad behavior are now so high that becoming known as somebody who leaks confidential information can have immediate negative consequences.

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SEC Venture Capital Early Stage Cofounder 352

Gust

MAY 10, 2014

If you mean someone investing mostly other people’s money through a seed fund, they are venture capitalists, and their days are spent like other VCs, meeting with prospective investments, mentoring portfolio companies, raising money from limited partners, negotiating deals, and so forth.

Angel Investor 132

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Limited Partner Portfolio 132

Agile VC

DECEMBER 6, 2012

1) LP Bases Change Over Time – Most healthy VC firms tend to have stable relationships with the limited partners investing with them. 2) Differential Cost Basis – Suppose Acme Ventures III invested in the Series A of Startup X and then made follow-on investments in the Series B and C.

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LP Balance Sheet Differentiation Limited Partner 178

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. If you define yourself as a specialist in narrow and well-known theme X (e.g., – Network. – Incubating companies.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. If you define yourself as a specialist in narrow and well-known theme X (e.g., – Network. – Incubating companies.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

But I hate worse when I let down the people for whom I’ve totally committed my time to: the boards I set on, my limited partners, my colleagues at Upfront, companies that are pitching me and looking for feedback and my family. In the email era there is no cost and I don’t even have to get up from my seat to email somebody.

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Email Seattle Mobile Limited Partner 250

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Repaid 12-36 months with ability to prepay at reduced cost. They are tech-enabled companies that provide high-yield investments for fund limited partners (LPs) that perform like bonds but generate returns on par with equity investments. Capital need of up to $1.5M over next 12 months. Facility sizes of 2-5x MRR .

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

AUGUST 14, 2018

This idea would have a trivial cost: just the person’s compensation. . We’re talking with some of our limited partners about their hosting a true “entrepreneur in residence”. For context, HOF Capital’s initial backers include 49 limited partners from 16 countries. No, that’s not a typo).

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Limited Partner Portfolio Partner 60

David Teten

AUGUST 14, 2018

This idea would have a trivial cost: just the person’s compensation. . We’re talking with some of our limited partners about their hosting a true “entrepreneur in residence”. For context, HOF Capital’s initial backers include 49 limited partners from 16 countries. No, that’s not a typo).

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Limited Partner Portfolio Partner 60

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

The idea is for us to take advantage of a cost/expense that our borrowers are already incurring (credit card fees) and structure an investment that truly aligns our interests. Feenix focuses solely on providing longer term growth capital to healthy companies looking to expand.

Revenue 60

Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

From who we hire to the way we go to market, from how we engage with our limited partners to how we engage with founders, it’s all about being very focused on quality and consistency so as to affect strategies to generate meaningful carry for ourselves and our limited partners. I have never been very long crypto.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

– I spoke about GRP’s recent exit of Ulta in which we returned $320 million to our limited partners. The reality is that due to competition and a desire to keep legal costs down (convertible debt deals are cheaper to implement than priced rounds) there are many deals done with convertible debt. Great exit. -

Southern California 210

Southern California Venture Capital Seed Stage Angel Investor 210

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Quite simply, investing in just one or a handful of private companies is way, way too risky for most investors and should be avoided at all costs. Becoming a Limited Partner Investor in a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Quite simply, investing in just one or a handful of private companies is way, way too risky for most investors and should be avoided at all costs. Becoming a Limited Partner Investor in a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

With nearly 2/3rd of all VCs citing cost-cutting in 2016 as the norm — this is a clear indication that winter made an appearance. This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically. or Walmart buying Jet for $3 billion.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Saudi Arabia Kuwait Burn Rate 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Limited Partners (LPs) who invest in VC funds have continued to pour money into venture – with the market returning to pre-recession levels. In fact, 62% of VCs surveyed – across a wide variety of stages and geographies – said their portfolios were starting to cut costs, expected the markets to tighten.

LP 150

LP Valuation Burn Rate Pre-Money Valuation 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2012

I was here to see one of our LPs (limited partners are the people who invest money in VC funds) called Fort Washington. They’ve been a long-term investor in our fund – GRP Partners – and it was important to me to spend time with them in their home market and meet the people with whom they deal locally. It’s a learning process.

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Houston Dallas Los Angeles Chicago 364

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

Technical progress and market traction are much slower and cost a lot more than anticipated. Venture capital funds are usually 7 - 10 year partnerships whereby the general partners - the “VC” - manage the capital of the limited partners, usually institutions (endowments, pension funds, etc.).

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds).

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The question some of our limited partners ask us is, “Why?”. For instance, for every dollar spent on an engineering team, companies can get approximately one third of the cost back via government-incentive programs. We are aware of only one other U.S. seed-focused investor with as many investments in Canada.

New York 60

New York Venture Capital Canada Silicon Valley 60

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

Second, their dollars dollar cost average at cheaper entry prices. Here's another way to look at it--the cost of capital argument. Do seed investors have Limited Partners with different return expectations than Series A and beyond investors? But what does the model say? So here goes.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IRR Valuation 60

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds).

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

David Teten

JULY 30, 2013

Note from David Teten: we have the same logic at ff VC ; that’s why we charge portfolio companies at cost for our accounting services, to avoid a conflict of interest between General Partners and Limited Partners.] The success of the dev shop would be in constant conflict with capital efficiency within the portfolio.

Portfolio 114

Portfolio Indiana Cofounder Operations 114

David Teten

JULY 30, 2013

Note from David Teten: we have the same logic at ff VC ; that’s why we charge portfolio companies at cost for our accounting services, to avoid a conflict of interest between General Partners and Limited Partners.] The success of the dev shop would be in constant conflict with capital efficiency within the portfolio.

Portfolio 114

Portfolio Indiana Cofounder Operations 114

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

VC’s money comes from mostly institutional investors called LPs (limited partners). It’s legitimate to ask for cost cutting if you think the bridge won’t last long enough at the current burn rate. They also trust VC’s to determine the right price to pay for the company securities that they buy.

Startup 290

Startup Burn Rate Warrant Bankruptcy 290