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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Even for later-stage companies with predictable financials, the lack of liquidity, audited financials, and standardized metrics creates real challenges to scaling quantitative investing. A number of analysts have particular focus on serving the customers of technology companies, e.g., Gartner and 451 Research.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. Of course, bringing startups (whether prospective or existing portfolio companies) closer to operating divisions has business and customer development benefits. They invest alongside financial VCs.

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The “reverse” pitch: Who should you have on your cap table?

Version One Ventures

Some of the best later-stage investors walk founders through an institutionalized “reverse” pitch. Are you looking for help and expertise in hiring, product strategy, customer development, fundraising, coaching, therapy, etc.? In the meantime, we’d love to hear how you decided on your investor syndicate?