David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Syndicate Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for specific opportunities. I’ve listed a few more below which require meaningful startup and ongoing costs. For more, see the Startup Studio Playbook.
David Teten
JANUARY 11, 2020
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. Examples: free support for your startup from the Fortune 500 ; free money for your impact startup.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”. A more efficient approach is to mine the data exhaust from the Limited Partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. 2) Raise capital.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. of startups raise VC.
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2021
Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.
Agile VC
DECEMBER 19, 2013
I think the most important thing any new angel investor can do is to candidly assess their motivations for making startup investments. Angel investing, particularly for entrepreneurs and others who’ve chosen a startup career path, can be rewarding in many different ways. ” But as an angel one can overweight this factor.
Hippoland
MAY 15, 2016
It would’ve been something like: Angels: Uses his/her own money to do investments Writes small checks Mostly sole decision maker VCs: Uses 3rd party money to do investments (from limited partners) Writes large checks Multiple decision makers and a concrete process But today, some of these things have changed. Like I mean a LOT.
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