David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Sure, there will always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won. Both operating executives and top advisors count. Don’t try to talk your way to a deal before you have the documentation. Timing is critical.

Venture Capital 252

Venture Capital IPO Elevator Pitch Initial Public Offering 252

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. .

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Great returns in early stage investing is driven by great deal flow and good picking.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP© will be operated through NAIC’s subsidiary, The Marathon Foundation, a business development network that supports entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. The Marathon Foundation (TMF) is a business development network dedicated to entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

These funds would regularly share deal flow with one another and could share the work in supporting founders and helping to push the company forward. This segment of the market is basically mirroring other segments of the venture ecosystem which has operated this way for some time. Repercussions for Investors.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cap Table Cofounder 267

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. dedicated deal sourcers for every generalist investment professional.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

Have domain expertise in an emerging area that the VC cares about and wants to develop more authority and deal flow around. Some of the firms that have analyst sourcing programs include places like Summit Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Bessemer, OpenView, and Volition. ” That’s pretty much it.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Due Diligence Deal Flow Early Stage 28

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

” 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). Expand our partnership, bringing in and nurturing next-generation talent who bring operational experience and different points-of-view.

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2020

The Deal Flow Session. The model that’s worked consistently is the deal flow session. Deal flow is a specifically targeted, curated, matchmaking session between a problem area for a large, Fortune 100 company and the startup ecosystem. Find some great partners.”.

Silicon Valley 78

Silicon Valley Deal Flow IP Curation 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers. Focus on the partner you would be working with. For company registration, angel deals, Series A & B funding, Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), IP filings and even litigation it doesn’t need to be that way. I also like to work with partners.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

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. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

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. Acceptance that firms and partners need to actively market themselves. This also eats into the time and fee income those partnerships generated.

Seattle 130

Seattle Seed Stage Deal Flow Vertical 130

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Great returns in early stage investing is driven by great deal flow and good picking.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. Partnering with a source of capital, connections, and expertise for a large equity chunk is often worth it in those scenarios (e.g., I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018, we launched in Dallas with the help of The DEC, the Dallas Regional Chamber, UT Dallas, Accenture, Deloitte, Varidesk and many other partners. that’s a full third of our deal flow in our first full year of operation. The money is flowing in Dallas too?—?our Our word of the year was “Dallas”.

Houston 86

Houston San Antonio Fort Worth Dallas 86

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

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 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Sure, there is always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

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. Anything from intense customer love despite barely even having a product, pre-sales, a deal for access to data that creates a moat that no one else has—the list goes on.

Venture Capital 152

Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 152

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Binaize (Bangalore, India) Nikhil Jois, CEO Binaize is a network intelligence software product for Industrial IoT that helps minimize machine downtime and increase the operational efficiency of industrial control systems. Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow.

Austin 62

Austin Curation Startup Dallas 62

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. We proudly choose to be a collaborative organization willing to share our components and discoveries with partners and customers around the world. What is your secret sauce? Our people!

Texas 72

Texas Advisory Board Startup Angel Investor 72

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Operations. I spent time today negotiating it with him and getting my partners bought into some changes. We call these investors “LPs” for limited partners. Any of my partners or portfolio companies can attest otherwise. Marketing = deal flow = share of mind = start of future relationships.

Email 314

Email Product Term Sheet Portfolio 314

Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Whether it’s building your team, pitching potential partners or mining sources of capital, at the end of every decision is a person, so relationships still matter. For example, since this particular operator has deep mobile knowledge, he could ‘trade’ that expertise for discussions with top CPG or retail execs.

Deal Flow 95

Deal Flow Reputation Government Restful 95

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

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup Social Media San Francisco 80

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2017

Hunter Walk: After a successful career on the operating side, what prompted starting BBG Ventures in 2014? Two things happened there: I found the perfect person to partner with: Nisha Dua. Many venture funds lack a female partner, let alone gender balance. What was the original relationship between BBGV and AOL/TW?

IPO 75

IPO Cap Table NDA Vietnam 75

David Teten

JULY 10, 2017

This matching structure takes advantage of the industry knowledge, proprietary deal flow, and network of senior executives. My proposed model looks a bit like the way many VC funds operate internally, except with far more Partners than normal. Trevor Bond , former CEO of CEO of W.P.

Employee 60

Employee Balance Sheet Syndicate Syndication 60

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. Find Amos Schwartzfarb on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Creative services: a bureaucratic-sounding catch-all term for providers of creative labor, output, expertise and other things that are a mix of art and science, operate in relative uncertainty. But there’s a giant gap between that and the perception people in general have about how ‘creatives’ operate. Rainbow-Unicorn time!

Design 48

Design Deal Flow Architecture Reputation 48