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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

For example, our limited partners have major ownership interests in such companies as Adidas , LafargeHolcim (largest building materials manufacturer in the world), and SuperNAP International (developer of data center facilities worldwide; used by Amazon, Intel and Microsoft). For example, consider public relations.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory.

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15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

If you take the fifteen steps below, you’ll have the core of a high-performing fundraising and investor relations function. . Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . Note that limited partners view formatting as a proxy for professionalism. Prepare Limited Partner FAQs. .