Founder Later Stage Programming Syndication 
View from Seed
JANUARY 13, 2021
The objection goes something like this: “yes, I can see rookie founders turning to you for a seed round. But won’t all good founders go to established firms that raise series A’s out of the gate?”. Or was this a convenient justification to get into the business, only to raise bigger and bigger funds and move upstream later?
David Teten
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Build a specialized outbound origination program. Investors with dedicated, large-scale sourcing teams are almost all top-quartile performers across stage, vintage, and sector. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors.
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Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2021
It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. The University of Houston has the number one undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country and Rice University has the number one graduate entrepreneurship program in the country.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
I think it would help founders to understand funding better—notjust the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. Some angel investors join together in syndicates.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. You were a VP at a company that sold for $200 million making the founder very wealthy. The last post was a high-level primer.
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