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VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Taking stock of the venture capital market in 2023, it’s clear to see that we’re in a transition point. For the past 10 years, with interest rates near zero, VC investors plowed record amounts into tech startups and enjoyed a seemingly ‘easy’ investing environment. Don’t just take it from me.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But markets value high growth over short-term profitability. Where are we today?
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2014
Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. For institutional money prorata rights are compulsory and usually non-negotiable.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs.
David Teten
JANUARY 9, 2013
In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. More details.
Agile VC
OCTOBER 23, 2012
The VC industry (both the GP part and the LP part) pays attention to the sector’s returns, but the broader tech ecosystem only occasionally tunes in. better than the market average), rather than trying to achieve an index return within the VC asset class. 3.0x+ cash on cash) is profitable.
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