David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

Conduct an honest self-evaluation: can you realistically raise money from institutional investors, or should you focus on high net worths/family offices? Institutional investors in funds are typically conservative. Keep an ongoing list of high-caliber investor-focused events in your geographies and sectors of interest.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

There is a primary reason that inside investors give companies convertible debt rather than just giving you the money as equity. VC’s money comes from mostly institutional investors called LPs (limited partners). They might not replace an engineer or two that quits.

Startup 290

Startup Burn Rate Warrant Bankruptcy 290

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Most IPOs are managed by a handful of investment banks who run a roadshow to sell stock to risk-averse institutional investors. The reason I think SPACs are hot right now is the lack of innovation in the IPO process.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital IPO Cofounder Institutional Investors 28

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

Such market power allows bankers to shapes the profile of those companies worthy of going public to favor the natural demand from their largest clients: short-term trading focused hedge funds and large institutional investors that demand highly liquid public securities. How many future engines of U.S. Share and Enjoy:

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Excel and Google simply aren’t going to cut it if you expect to build a high quality institutional investor base.”. Beacon technology system , which automatically outbound-solicits a universe of over 10,000 institutional investors, without requiring LPs to register for an online network of funds. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Venture capitalists are raising money from other investors, institutional investors who expect certain returns from us. In fact, that’s exactly what happened to me with WordPress Engine. Mark: Let me start with a disclosure, which is I am a very happy user of WP Engine. ” Dan: Thank you for that.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

PEHub just posted this guest article: Can professional investors use social media? Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy and their activities very discreet. Or, is social media strictly for teenagers and staying in touch with your friends?

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Stanford and MIT were building on the technology breakthroughs of World War II and graduating a generation of engineers into a consumer and cold war economy that seemed limitless. Communication between scientists, engineers and corporations were relatively open, and ideas flowed freely. There was none.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Securities and Exchange Commission Venture Capital RSS 159

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

Seffi Naor from the faculty of Computer Science; Dr Ron Lavi from the faculty of Industrial Engineering; and Professors Shie Mannor and Ariel Orda from the faculty of Electrical Engineering. - Businesswire press release. At the Hebrew University, the projects will be led by Professors Danny Dolev and Jeffrey S.

Venture Capital 87

Venture Capital Startup Denmark 87

Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2013

The last 60 years has seen remarkable breakthroughs in what we know about the biology underlying diseases and the science and engineering of developing commercial drug development and medical devices that improve and save lives. It was the best of times and the worst of times. WTF is going on?

Venture Capital 301

Venture Capital Startup Lean Philadelphia 301

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 26, SoFi announced that “it will be offering its members (at least those with $3K in their account) the ability to invest in IPOs for companies going public, an investment opportunity that has traditionally been reserved for large institutional investors or ultra-high-net-worth individuals.”

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

There’s an increasing interest from institutional investors in particular, but also high-net-worth individuals, private banks and a variety of other players who are thinking to make more impact investments than we’ve seen in the past couple of years.”.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Global South Africa 174