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Angels Rush in Where VC Fear to Tread

Up and Running

This was before the great recession, but in the middle of the explosion of web apps and social media. VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars. About three years ago I attended a Web 2.0

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. They invest alongside financial VCs.