Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

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. The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases.

Disintermediation 66

Disintermediation Venture Capital Angel Investor Seed Stage 66

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

And they should be; the feeding frenzy in the innovation economy is in some cases because startups are eating the lunch of more established companies. Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. They invest alongside financial VCs.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. June 12, 2012.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250