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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Santa Clara University shares their demand dividend structure. . Short track record.

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

David Teten

Jaime Hildreth, Managing Director of GP and LP Strategies at Ipreo , informed us that 97% of Ipreo’s GP clients report that data requests from LP’s have increased over the past two years. Yet, according to my own surveys, a majority of private capital funds (including funds that specialize in fintech!)

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

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. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence. 3) Raise capital.