The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital. Thus, VCs have the upper hand.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Support organizations at this stage are usually professional financial advisors, or investment banks , which have nurtured relationships with institutional investors.

Incubator 120

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Support organizations at this stage are usually professional financial advisors, or investment banks , which have nurtured relationships with institutional investors.

Incubator 237

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Support organizations at this stage are usually professional financial advisors, or investment banks , which have nurtured relationships with institutional investors.

Incubator 230

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

The company’s founders struggled to meet with demand and order fulfillment suffered. He works closely with European banks and institutional investors and is O’Hara’s largest shareholder for private equity investments, principally held in banking, internet and oil and gas companies. Growth came quickly, almost too fast.

Viral 78

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

produced this analysis of engineering representation within VC firms: Selected VCs with Highest Representation of Developers in Workforce. HOF Capital is currently developing a proprietary sourcing tool to automatically filter for potential deal prospects that fit our criteria. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce. Google Ventures (GV).

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

If you are aware you may have some issues or if you are constantly getting feedback that you may have issues then it’s a smart strategy for you to develop a set of talking points to get in front of the issue when asked. Knowing that other institutional investors (including your insiders) are paying the same price as them in this round helps.

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Valuation Post-Money Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder 324

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

At the recent March Web Innovators Group event, I invited a panel of serial entrepreneurs to talk about their founding stories, during which David Cancel said that “one of the most unproductive things new founders do is talk to investors too early… I test all my ideas on the web.” Establish a relationship and assess fit.

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Early Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Conversion 123

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

At the recent March Web Innovators Group event, I invited a panel of serial entrepreneurs to talk about their founding stories, during which David Cancel said that “one of the most unproductive things new founders do is talk to investors too early… I test all my ideas on the web.” Establish a relationship and assess fit.

Early Stage 121

Early Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Conversion 121

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I can tell you first hand than bankers are out making road shows to gin up interest in VCs and institutional investors. There is a lot of pent-up demand. Don’t wait for your perfect business development deals to come to fruition that are 6-months away in your pipeline. – IPO-able in any normal market.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Hunter Walker

MAY 18, 2015

As you know, the standard ”excess return” and “diversification” benefits attributed to venture are widely debated among institutional investors. An investor needs much more than patient capital and an appetite for illiquidity. We spend a lot of time understanding the talent proposition and the investment strategy.

LP 48

LP Portfolio Early Stage Institutional Investors 48

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers. Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. 3) Raise capital. 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Transformify

MARCH 22, 2023

A single coin may see a spike in demand and, consequently, a rise in price if a sizable number of users on social media show a positive attitude about it. In order to avoid making irrational judgments based on their own study and analysis, investors may develop a "herd mentality" as a result of this.

Social Media 52

Social Media Securities and Exchange Commission Media Software Review 52

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

I’m in development right now. Venture capitalists are raising money from other investors, institutional investors who expect certain returns from us. I started to develop a thesis that the future of content distribution is going to be different. We’re building a product. We don’t invest in video.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: At a time when transparency is so important to institutional investors, how can fiduciaries reconcile that there is limited information available with a private company?

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Government Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 31

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Third, the cumulative effect of these changes is a hollowing out of the broader US capital markets and a decline in corporate competition: the number of publicly listed companies in the US declined by 50% over the last 20 years, while other developed countries have experienced a 50% increase over the same time period. 1990-1998 13.3%

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 26, SoFi announced that “it will be offering its members (at least those with $3K in their account) the ability to invest in IPOs for companies going public, an investment opportunity that has traditionally been reserved for large institutional investors or ultra-high-net-worth individuals.” I kid you not —100% true.

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IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82