David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Investment theses are just hypotheses; the portfolio shows how accurate the hypothesis was. Avataar Ventures invests exclusively in companies which fit these criteria: “$15 Million + in Annual Recurring Revenues; Strong Tech-Led B2B & SaaS Companies; Core Operations in India/ South East Asia; Open to Active Partnering.”

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Meanwhile, we recently talked with him about his thoughts on 35 years in Silicon Valley, why the skill sets of venture capitalists and CEOs are so different, and why telling a good story about your product is so crucial. You’ve been in Silicon Valley since the early days. I was the second partner to opt out.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 159

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. Bigfoot Capital. ARR of $500K+.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. Is that when it became big?

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Finance teams need real-time visibility into spend, so they can course correct immediately rather than waiting until after month-end close.

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Agile Management Forecast Silicon Valley 60

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. I think there are some real virtues to that, however, when I talk to my business partner, Ishan [Sachdev], about it, I use a slightly different metaphor: I talk about Jiro [Ono], Nobu [Matsuhisa], and Benihana. On Sushi and VC.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? They are still very small, but have some validation.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Meanwhile, financing the company will be quite challenging, and I advised Satya to manufacture parts based only on signed contracts and advances against orders, to avoid getting into an inventory-rich, working capital-poor situation. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

And given the fact that the majority of top investors were congregated around Silicon Valley, many entrepreneurs felt compelled to move to the valley to start their business. In short, you’re going to want to look for the best funding partner (or collection of partners) possible, rather than just focusing locally.

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Silicon Valley Global Finance New York City 161

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week.

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) I find the same still going on with a few firms and partners.&# What Do VC’s Do? Warning sign?

Silicon Valley 230

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 230

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Portfolio. (3). at 11:26 AM.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 243

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). YC is a VC fund that looks and operates like a guild of geeks , and hardly looks anything like a traditional fund comprised of VC partners with MBAs or finance degrees. They are operators, through and through.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company). David Skok – Matrix Partners ( blog , @bostonvc).

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Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. VC Financings: 1. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. Investors: Summit Partners (lead), Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Gary Vaynerchuk. The investment will be used for product development initiatives.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. The one our team was particularly excited about was a concept we were calling at the time “Venture Acceleration Partners.”

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Silicon Valley 100. Notes like this are part of Grahams ongoing process of steering them through the thickets of Silicon Valley startup life. Google Ventures managing partner Bill Maris strongly denied Grahams accusations, calling them "patently absurd.". " Our portfolio speaks for itself.". Clusterstock.

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Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Hubris , bad CEO decisions (mine) and a fundamental lack of understanding that we were in a “hits-based” entertainment business not in a Silicon Valley technology company were slowly killing us. But while I was just seeing a single board member, I was just one of twenty companies in their current fund portfolio. They liked me.

San Francisco 332

San Francisco Silicon Valley Limited Partner Venture Capital 332

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. At the same time neither banks nor local governments had the cash to finance startups on the scale the country needed. Like the U.S. It went bankrupt in 1997.).

Venture Capital 275

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 275

VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2023

Like many of you, I’ve been reflecting on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank quite a bit this past week, now that the initial panic has faded into a dulled sense of disbelief. More broadly, our research for The New Builders showed us just how important smaller banks are to the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Venture Capital 87

Venture Capital Silicon Valley Community Portfolio 87

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Young founders tend to complicate things too much, from structuring partnership agreements, financing, leases, etc. Some entrepreneurs think it’s a luxury to have accounting, finance, or other support functions, but it’s important not to be afraid of spending resources early on for administrative efficiency.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Antonio has a portfolio of Web-based business process management applications for small businesses with 10-100 employees. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing. And along the way, if necessary and appropriate, she can raise financing with a vastly more validated business. If possible, of course.

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Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

Scott pointed to B-round SaaS valuations in excess of $100 million in $15m+ financing rounds with companies with very limited proof of customer traction or revenue. Scott spoke about the a16z ethos to put more of the fees investors pay into “services” rather than partner pockets. Either way it turned into a heated debate.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Later Stage Non-Compete 309

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Second, understand the broader financing climate. we had no revenue.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 28, 2011

But if you are a competent engineer, sales executive, online marketer or general manager in Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston or other start-up hotspots, the unemployment rate is 0%. CNN recently reported that 40% of the 130,000 job openings in Silicon Valley are for software engineers. Immediately.

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Hiring Software Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley 44

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. Moving up stream is a natural evolution of a venture fund, especially as you get more money and more partners. Your early stage investment portfolio may no longer really be early stage.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I also was fortunate to gain a lot of insight on this topic from Don Charlton, Founder/CEO, TheResumator *, a ffVC portfolio company. Nobody wants to talk about this because you can get into hot water – I don’t care because there are smart people in Brooklyn who don’t realize that dialect is KILLING them in Silicon Valley.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

Hunter Walker

MARCH 14, 2019

Then he tells you he likes being an investor but *really* misses being an operator, and is joining another one of his other portfolio companies as COO. Across town a different CEO is having a breakfast with her Series A Board partner. Hunter’s draft script for SVU: Silicon Valley.

Cap Table 95

Cap Table Dilution Silicon Valley Portfolio 95

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. At the same time neither banks nor local governments had the cash to finance startups on the scale the country needed. Like the U.S. It went bankrupt in 1997.).

Venture Capital 167

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 167

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. And I’m now managing partner six years later.

Cofounder 337

Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. Startup Threads.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Brian joins Lightspeed as our Partner in charge of executive level talent for Lightspeed and our portfolio of companies. We recognized their high IQ and EQ immediately, and we’re excited to see our portfolio companies put both to good use. He received his MBA in finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Advisory Board Flash Pennsylvania 60

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Even in 2006, when I joined Bessemer Venture Partners, there was still a lot of skepticism in the Silicon Valley around SaaS (one of my first blog post in 2006 was titled: “W hy I disagree with Tony Zingale — CEO of Mercury Interactive — on the future of SaaS "). What’s the n°1 startup that you wish you had in your portfolio?

API 48

API Silicon Valley Europe Differentiation 48

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 4, 2020

I first met Joe when he was working as a General Partner for Entrepreneur First , a Greylock -backed early stage tech fund which has gone on to raise and run $200 million in capital for start-ups, creating a global portfolio with an aggregate value of more than $2 billion.

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United States Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence San Francisco 28