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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. .

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What Is a Venture Capital Firm?

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Investors receive a healthy return on investment when the company reaches a liquidity event. Xfund, Patrick Chung is a managing general partner in a venture capital firm that supports lateral thinkers. The Series A round is when the company raises more money to expand its operations. Pre-Seed Investments.

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To accept funding or not? The tipping point for taking outside investment

The Next Web

This will have a significant impact on the amount business owners could realize on the sale or other liquidity event for the company. In addition, beyond financial control, many investors will require some input into the operation of your business and even the right to approve certain significant transactions and events.

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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

I’ve been offered $15 million for my company and my partner is suing me for all I am worth. And yes, his partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the web-design business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. What can I do?”. The fabulous contradiction – and opportunity. My immediate reaction and offer.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

VantagePoint Venture Partners came to the rescue in late 2003 with an infusion of $15 million in capital, adding Andrew Sheehan (now at Sutter Hill Ventures ) and David Carlick (now at Rho Ventures ) to the Board. Intermix had acquired their previous online marketing startup, ResponseBase, and they remained a cohesive group.

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Should you raise traditional VC or Revenue-Based Investing VC?

David Teten

But you also can’t run the company forever, since investors need a liquidity event. There is a huge universe of compelling, growth-focused companies that operate outside of the technology world, and they sometimes don’t get the attention that they deserve from institutional venture equity investors.” .

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Announcing NextView Ventures II

Rob Go

As former operators and product-oriented entrepreneurs, Dave, Lee, and I tend to think of our firm as a startup company and our approach to investing as our product. We have had a number of companies that have achieved successful liquidity events, including Rentjuice ( acq. Zillow ), Hyperpublic ( acq. Twitter ).