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

David Teten

Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Provide hands-on operational support for portfolio companies.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. One of the panelists mentioned that they have gotten very valuation sensitive (nothing wrong with that) and like to purchase preferred stock rather than invest in convertible notes.

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

From a practical perspective, this means getting actively involved in your local tech community, regularly attending industry events and conferences, writing blog posts/articles, integrating yourself into communities on social networks and, of course, doing outstanding work as an employee (to develop a great reputation).