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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC

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Save and Print These LumaScapes to Get a Grasp on Digital Media [Infographics]

VC Cafe

LumaPartners , a US-based consulting firm, has created a series of infographics that chart the various vertical of the digital media industry including display advertising, mobile, commerce, search, social, and video. Dubbed LUMAscapes, each infographic provides a breakdown of the players in the vertical, by category.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Betmarkets

Austin Startup

If I had not accepted this amazing challenge, I would still be working as an investment banker in London. The status quo is there to be challenged and torn apart, in search for more efficient and effective solutions, while always striving for meritocracy. If you weren’t working for Betmarkets, what would you be doing?

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SXSW Pitch Finalists: Betmarkets

Austin Startup

If I had not accepted this amazing challenge, I would still be working as an investment banker in London. The status quo is there to be challenged and torn apart, in search for more efficient and effective solutions, while always striving for meritocracy. If you weren’t working for Betmarkets, what would you be doing?

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. Originally designed for investment bankers, it’s now also being used by VCs to help portfolio companies with fundraising.”. the Untouched Vertical.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Add micro payments services like Square to the equation and very soon we will begin to hear investment bankers start to cry foul like journalists and recording industry executives have been doing since Napster. A Move back to vertical living – Years ago we used to live above the store, or behind the craftsman’s workshop.

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