Gust

APRIL 23, 2014

From a completely biased perspective, I’d nominate the nascent and not yet completely visible rise of online equity investing platforms. While Gust is generally flying under the radar, and currently accounts for an infinitesimally tiny fraction of the marketplace, the actual numbers may be a bit surprising.

Angel Groups 127

Angel Groups Accredited Investor Private Equity Deal Flow 127

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

They’ll tell you all about their strategy, the order of operations of who and how they pitched, the magic slides, the timing of the raise itself, etc. This is lazy, sexist, and racist—and also stupid because it has no provable impact on deal flow quality. It will all very much make sense.

Venture Capital 190

Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 190

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. ” We explained what we felt the core values of a firm of the future needed to uphold: Provide real operational insights to entrepreneurs (the days of being “money men” are gone). A brand is a marathon, not a sprint.

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

VC firms have had to respond to this competitive dynamic by evolving their own operational model, which is not a strong suit of most VC partnerships. There are too many angels, accelerators, scouts, and seed funds who are giving them checks early, potentially diverting deal flow.

Seattle 130

Seattle Seed Stage Deal Flow Vertical 130

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

VCs are much morelikely to make angel-sized investments than they were a year ago.And meanwhile the past year has seen a dramatic increase in a newtype of investor: the super-angel, who operates like an angel, butusing other peoples money, like a VC. One of our axioms at Y Combinator is not to think of deal flow asa zero-sum game.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers. I always try operate on the “Fixed Fee +&# arrangement. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

Those employees and operators, who often have some book wealth now (or are running syndicates on AngelList or acting as a scout for another fund) can easily dump $50K-$100K into one of their ex-colleague’s new startups, or put this money into their friend’s new startup, or their friend’s new hot deal.

Seed Stage 108

Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

Silicon Valley 235

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 235

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I’m also a fan of focused investment strategies – they allow you to build expertise resulting in better investment decisions and better deal flows as entrepreneurs seek out your expertise. Operational excellence. Operational excellence is a given. Proprietary product or uniquely curated experiences.

Silicon Valley 92

Silicon Valley eCommerce Deal Flow Valuation 92

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. equity that belongs to departed cofounders)? mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs. The cliffs?

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. What tools to VCs use to manage their deal flow and internal processes?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Let’s make a deal” - The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 248

NDA CPA SEC Startup 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

Let’s make a deal” - The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 237

NDA CPA Startup SEC 237

Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Let’s make a deal” – The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 147

NDA CPA SEC Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

Let’s make a deal” - The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 233

NDA CPA Startup SEC 233

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.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. In an article you wrote for Techcrunch in 2019 about Revenue Based Investing you mentioned that “ traditional equity VC is biased structurally against some women and underrepresented founders”. Why is that? The VC gets a zero on one investment out of 50; they’ll be OK.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60