The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2020

As a leader in the online trading education industry, Market Traders Institute spends countless hours demonstrating how investors should examine market trends. Smart investors are always reading. Jacob Martinez of Market Traders Institute states that it often feels like investigating. Investors read about an event or business decisions in passing and know when to dig a little deeper to reveal profitable information for smarter online trading.

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Institutional Investors Marketing Stock China 82

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Given all the attention out there around every little move in bitcoin prices — as well as the now-they-like-it , now-they-don’t noise around crypto in general — how might institutional investors think about investing in crypto assets?

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Institutional Investors 54

David Teten

APRIL 13, 2016

We’re happy to report that Institutional Investor just published our summary of our research study in their April issue: “ Asset Managers, Prepare to Have Your Business Disrupted ” (about 2,000 words). You can download the full paper in PDF (10,000 words) or join the discussion around the paper here on Authorea (where I’m an investor and board member). The post Institutional Investor Just Published our Research Study on Disruption of Investing appeared first on David Teten.

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Institutional Investors Affiliate Private Equity Equity 65

Pascal's View

MARCH 16, 2010

This is the seventh in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question; How should institutional investors contact VC funds? I think the VC industry conferences in specific industry sectors provide a great forum for institutional investors to meet directly with VC funds.

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Institutional Investors Government Due Diligence Security 28

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments.

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Startup Incubator Bootstrapping Exit Strategy 272

David Teten

JUNE 8, 2020

On June 25, I’m speaking to the Stamford Fintech Meetup on “Asset Managers, Prepare to Have Your Business Disrupted” This is based on my Institutional Investor cover story: “ Asset Managers, Prepare to Have Your Business Disrupted ”, cowritten with Katina Stefanova (CEO/CIO, Marto Capital; former management committee at Bridgewater Associates) and Brent Beardsley (head of Strategy, Vanguard).

Institutional Investors 60

Institutional Investors Management Private Equity Equity 60

SiliconHills

MARCH 19, 2018

The Austin-based startup received the funding from Adam Street Partners which led the Series D round along with participation from existing investors including Altos Ventures and two new institutional investors. TurnKey Vacation Rentals, one of the nation’s largest vacation rental management companies, recently announced it has received $31 million in funding.

Institutional Investors 72

Institutional Investors Austin Partner Management 72

SiliconHills

MARCH 2, 2017

The fund was oversubscribed by $25 million and its limited partners include leading institutional investors, funds of funds and family offices. Next Coast Ventures announced Thursday that it has closed on its debut fund at $85 million. Next Coast Ventures is looking at investing in deals in Austin and in the middle part of the […] The post Austin-based Next Coast Ventures Raises $85 Million Fund appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin

Institutional Investors 76

Institutional Investors Limited Partner Austin Partner 76

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2019

When Renata George told me she was going to write a book about Women Who Venture, featuring around a hundred female investors of different generations, I immediately said I’d be supportive. Many of the investors interviewed for this book, offer advice and solutions to address this issue. This book is an essential read for aspiring female venture investors who want to be inspired by the life stories of women who made it all the way to the top in venture capital.

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Venture Capital Boston Institutional Investors Media 149

OnlyOnce

JULY 13, 2017

I have a lot of institutional investors in our cap table at Return Path. One was from one of our institutional investors, sharing guidelines and timetables for doing CEO reviews across its portfolio. The other was from one of our other institutional investors, and it invited me to participate in a feedback process to evaluate how well our investor performs for us as a Board member and strategic advisor.

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Institutional Investors Cap Table Portfolio .Net 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Even if your business success so far has been based on bootstrapping, it may be time to look to institutional investors to help you with acquisitions and new initiative funding. In my experience working with entrepreneurs, once they feel they have a winning formula for their business, they are often hesitant to change or update it. They forget that adapting their company and themselves as their customers evolve is the key to long-term survival.

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Customer Channel Bootstrapping Institutional Investors 230

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). Traction is a biweekly podcast where founders share the creative or unusual things they did during the seed stage to make early progress. Everyone knows startups should do scrappy things that “don’t scale” — this show explores what those things actually are.

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Framework CTO B2C Seed Stage 193

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from angel investors , called seed investments. Once you have some traction, you can approach venture capital organizations , with funding amounts of $1-10 million for the real rollout, often referred to as the “A-round,” or first institutional funding.

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Incubator Bootstrapping Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 173

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

Then you don’t have to worry about the fact that most angel investors and venture capitalists won’t take a bet on you if none of your friends and family have given you a vote of confidence with money. Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an angel investor or VC.

Management 189

Management Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 189

Hunter Walker

JUNE 29, 2014

I’m suprised how many founders – even multiple time entrepreneurs – are unfamiliar with the institutional investors that back most of the major venture funds. I don’t think we’re unique in encouraging this mixing (True Ventures & Khosla Ventures do something similar) but it doesn’t seem to have historically been standard practice for venture capitalists to talk about their investors or their economics.

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Founder Institutional Investors Silicon Valley Distribution 104

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Inexperienced investors can be overwhelmed when working with hundreds of data points that don’t seem to make any sense. Gold price is affected by a number of economic factors, including supply, demand, and investor behaviour.

Institutional Investors 151

Institutional Investors Government Salary Stock 151

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

If you take the fifteen steps below, you’ll have the core of a high-performing fundraising and investor relations function. . Your materials should ideally meet the expectations of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, even if you’re not targeting institutions.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity LP 78

Austin Startup

JUNE 19, 2014

The company also announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding from SMC Holdings, a Hong Kong-based institutional investor with a strong track record in backing U.S. NIMBOXX today unveiled its ‘atomic unit’ of the software-defined data center, an all-in-one solution that puts a hyper-scale computing model within reach for organizations of all sizes.

Institutional Investors 58

Institutional Investors Software Technology 58

YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2019

Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens “, is an entrepreneur, and founder of Dakota, a company that sells and markets institutional investment strategies. by Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens: …but they are 80 Million Americans Who Are Changing How We Buy, Sell, Vacation, Invest, and Just About Everything Else “ Each generation has unique experiences, lifestyles, and demographics that influence their buying behaviors, financial experts say.

Marketing 133

Marketing Due Diligence Curation Institutional Investors 133

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

All three companies had significant investor interest during their road shows and increased their IPO price ranges, but I believe Zoom’s increased the most by the offering. I believe this was primarily because public market investors believed there was some chance that these high profile consumer companies would be once-in-a-generation type companies. Fairly frequently public market investors believe that a new consumer company is “the next X”.

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IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 147

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Venture debt provides a very cost-effective way to receive capital from a big financial institution if you have liquidity or existing financial backing from a well-known investor. Banks will loan to startups that have access to the pockets of institutional investors, like a well-known VC firm, or that are generating a certain amount of revenue that will foolproof their investment.

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Covenant Warrant Institutional Investors Balance Sheet 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2019

A while back, I outlined “ The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business ” for startups, listing angel investors as alternative six. I still get a lot of questions on these mysterious and often invisible investors, so here is another attempt to bring them out of the ether. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.” Angel investors also tend to limit the size of individual investments to $250K or less.

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Advisory Board Angel Investor Database Canada 189

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 27, 2012

As with Instagram, Benchmark Capital is the largest institutional investor in Demandforce. This morning, Intuit announced its agreement to acquire one of Benchmark’s portfolio companies, Demandforce, for $424mm. Unlike Instagram, which is a consumer application and is extremely well known, Demandforce focuses on local professional businesses and has chosen to keep an intentionally low profile [.]. advertising Internet Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/Tech Demandforce Local

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Institutional Investors Portfolio Venture Capital Internet 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from Angel investors , called seed investments. Once you have some traction, you can approach venture capital organizations , with funding amounts of $1-10 million for the real rollout, often referred to as the “A-round,” or first institutional funding.

Startup 172

Startup Incubator Bootstrapping Exit Strategy 172

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

This is the key, because Q — what an institutional investor would accept — is a well-understood system. So what kind of return does an angel investor need to make on their $84,000? Investors in early-stage startups need large potential returns to compensate for the fact that most of those investments will never return. That formulation rings true to almost every investor I’ve met, from angels to VCs.

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Equity Salary Bootstrapping Institutional Investors 224

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2012

The Landmark Venture Forum is hosted by Landmark Angels , an angel investor group, and will feature 12 promising emerging companies in the digital media space. The Marcum MicroCap Conference is hosted by Marcum LLP and co-presented by CCG Investor Relations. The conference is geared towards investors in small-cap equities; expected attendees include institutional investors, mutual funds, hedge funds, wealth managers, and family offices.

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Institutional Investors Angel Investor Hosting Early Stage 101

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

We are seeking Partner-level investment professionals at hedge funds, mutual funds, VCs, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices, and other institutional investors to interview for this research project. . We tentatively plan to publish our results in the Harvard Business Review, Institutional Investor, Forbes , and other leading media where we have published our past research.

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Institutional Investors Management Boston Hiring 96

Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

all together) combined with the culture of “demo days,” in-person gatherings where angels and professional investors collide with entrepreneurs. Before we dive into this, let me say (1) I know a lot of people personally who run these accelerators and consider them friends (and darn good people); and (2) I know there will be a bunch of founders who will say “Hey, well, I met some great investors this way, so it can work.”

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Deal Flow Cap Table Early Stage Incubator 90

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Our original target was $10M, so I’m extremely grateful at the confidence our investors placed in the fund. In addition, I’m particularly excited that this final close includes an institutional investor, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) – their announcement can be found here. While crunching the data and reflecting on the past year, it’s clear that 2012 was busy.

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Portland Canada Los Angeles B2C 117

Austin Startup

JANUARY 10, 2012

The company had raised approximately $4M in investment over the years from non-institutional investors. OtherInBox, an Austin-based company that reduces unwanted email, announced today that they have been acquired and will now be a wholly owner subsidiary of ReturnPath. The company recently crossed the 2 million user mark, a highly coveted milestone for a consumer internet company.

Institutional Investors 78

Institutional Investors Reputation Austin Email 78

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). Traction is a biweekly podcast where founders share the creative or unusual things they did during the seed stage to make early progress. Everyone knows startups should do scrappy things that “don’t scale” — this show explores what those things actually are.

Framework 120

Framework CTO B2C Seed Stage 120

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 15, 2020

As a former institutional investor, one of the stats we focused on was carry distribution. If firms held back the economics, keeping things only for partners who were growing long in the tooth, some of the best new investors they had would bolt for other firms or start their own. What if institutional LPs—often representing the public pension money of diverse communities, or philanthropic foundations focused on improving the world, set targets for these economics.

Venture Capital 74

Venture Capital Institutional Investors Hiring Partner 74

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2019

The jobs act promised small individual investors the ability to invest in the next Google. Less risk for the new startup investors. ” Investing in startups is a risky affair, yet investors are will to take these risks because of the potential of significant upsides. We literally had to turn down investors. We want to offer seed investors the opportunity to be part of our success before institutional VC’s take all the allocation.

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Accredited Investor SEC .Net Institutional Investors 110

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We are quite simply high conviction, hands-on seed investors. – We are seed investors. Although the definition of seed is changing, we are focused on being the first institutional investor for an early-stage company, and most of our investments are pre-traction. One core idea behind our firm is that investors and founders by definition have different goals.

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Seed Stage Startup Portfolio Institutional Investors 261

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. Separately at this stage, you may look for small funding amounts from Angel investors , called seed investments. Once you have some traction, you can approach venture capital organizations , with funding amounts of $1-10 million for the real rollout, often referred to as the “A-round,” or first institutional funding.

Entrepreneur 201

Entrepreneur Incubator Bootstrapping Exit Strategy 201

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

This post will try to describe why this is happening and what repercussions are for founders and investors. More and more, I hear seed investors claim that they are increasingly religious about hitting their ownership target in the majority of rounds they are a part of. This is why, as I said previously, most seed rounds today still have 2–3 institutional investors involved although it’s less likely that all three are equally happy about their allocations in the round.

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Syndicate Syndication Cap Table LP 218

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If your business success so far is based on family and Angel investors, perhaps it’s time to start working with institutional investors and external business partners. Sometimes entrepreneurs are so focused on making change happen for customers that they forget that continually changing themselves and their company is equally important.

Due Diligence 158

Due Diligence Institutional Investors Angel Investor Demand 158

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

Then you don’t have to worry about the fact that most angel investors and venture capitalists won’t take a bet on you if none of your friends and family have given you a vote of confidence with money. Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Treat the transaction as you would expect to be treated by an angel investor or VC.

Cram Down 156

Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 156

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2019

Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens “, is an entrepreneur, and founder of Dakota, a company that sells and markets institutional investment strategies. by Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens: …but they are 80 Million Americans Who Are Changing How We Buy, Sell, Vacation, Invest, and Just About Everything Else “ When it comes to shopping and buying, the Millennial generation appears to play by its own rules.

Due Diligence 128

Due Diligence Curation Institutional Investors Database 128

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 5, 2020

Once you’re sure there’s a product, and once you know that all the binary risks are off the table and it’s now more about the risks associated with scaling, then you should go to investors.”. What Investors Want to See Before Investing. Pavel told me that although there’s a category of investors who are willing to fund ideas in early stages, the truth is that in most cases is that funding will include your friends and family at the beginning.

Institutional Investors 68

Institutional Investors Silicon Valley Founder Valuation 68

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Your nonprofit may have investors in addition to donors and members, and they may hold ESG for nonprofits in very high regard. Top companies know that having a commitment to sustainable, ethical business practices will help them attract top talent and it makes investors happy too.

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South Africa Africa Institutional Investors Green 68

View from Seed

MARCH 26, 2015

Much digital ink has been spilled about what dollar amount constitutes a pre-seed and how that might affect a startup’s ability to go raise a “normal” seed round from institutional investors. ” Those trends increased the typical “institutional seed” round sizes from the previous levels I mentioned to $1.5M-$2M or even more. It all depends on the type of startup, the types of investors, the structure of rounds, and so on.

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Seed Capital Institutional Investors Entrepreneur Venture Capital 240

Hunter Walker

JUNE 21, 2014

One question entrepreneurs sometimes don’t ask when raising seed financing is “will this investor be able to follow on in future rounds.” Instead – and this is one major reason we raised money from traditional institutional investors – we would look to create individual side funds with the sole purpose of funding, say, our pro rata in the B Round of a very promising company that we previously backed.

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Dilution Institutional Investors Later Stage Portfolio 97