David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Short track record.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

Yesterday I sent emails out passing on participating in two seed rounds for companies I really like. They had lots of investors trying to invest and each company was competitive with two other seed stage companies we’ve seen in the past 30 days. Finally, we believe strongly in active engagement as a seed investor.

Seed Stage 138

Seed Stage LP Warrant Syndicate 138

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

I spoke last week at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference. Of course they built protection into many of their financings that allows them downside protection against IPOs if the price is lower than the price they paid. And what many people don’t realize is that most syndicates get what is known as “deal-by-deal” carry.

IPO 150

IPO Venture Capital LP SEC 150