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

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 6) Due diligence. I personally use Salesforce.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. engineers, designers, business developers).

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

David Teten

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. 5) Due diligence. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce. Google Ventures (GV).

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. Typically 1-3 months of due diligence. Hard covenants with potentially strict penalties. .

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

They have hundreds, if not thousands, of engineers, world-class design studios, subject matter experts from supply chain to manufacturing. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. They invest alongside financial VCs. Some corporate funds now lead rounds.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. By accepting the term sheet, the startup agrees to turnaway other VCs for some set amount of time while this firm does the"due diligence" required for the deal. VCs legal and financialdue diligence is pretty thorough, but the technical due diligenceis generally a joke. [