David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York Fast Track offers a company quick visibility to serious potential investors, some of whom can be very additive. Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. Market Insight.

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Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Gust

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Further down the scale are the regional events that the organizations put on, which usually combine regional investment syndication with classes and tutorials. Venture Capitalists. The big one for VCs is the annual meeting of the National Venture Capital Association. NVCA Annual Meeting. Both Angels and VCs.

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Angel Investor Global Angel Groups Europe 125

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Harvard Business School is featuring an article about the Venture Capital Access Program on the website of the U.S. Because of our large network, we can identify angels who have very specific industry background pertinent to a given company, and solicit them to join a given syndicate. Competitiveness project.

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Private Equity Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 133

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

2) Competition for deals in regions, such as Silicon Valley, New York City and Boston, has resulted in higher and, in many cases, rising valuation. b) New York (2 groups) – $2.9 Here is the data for the eight groups in these three areas: (a) Boston (3 groups) – $2.5 c) Silicon Valley (3 groups) – $3.1

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. Lobbying is ongoing by both the National Venture Capital Association and Angel Capital Association and James Geshwiler on the panel wrote a recent post on the ramification. Venture Hacks. Steve Bennet.

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Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Venture Hacks.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Instead of arguing why Dallas might be better than Houston we should be talking about how we can work together to get our share of venture capital dollars more in line with our population size and startup activity by unlocking additional capital sources that have been previously inaccessible to tech. It’s not Silicon Valley.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

The fact that each member of our team has worked at larger, institutional venture capital firms is an important asset. Geography: 20 / 25 investments are based in the Boston and New York areas. Syndicate Composition: NextView + Seed Funds + Angels: 9. 5 are in other locations. Founders: Repeat Founders: 8.

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Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

We managed to pull together an angel syndicate and close $450K on 9/30 after working the phones the last few days and anxiously waiting for signature pages to show up on the fax machine and wire confirms to hit the bank account. Labels: angel investing , entrepreneurial finance , entrepreneurial lessons , venture capital.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

While VC firms have been easy to find from the old school days of Pratts Guide to Venture Capital , to the early web presence of the 1990s and the current web sites, blogs, twitter feeds, facebook fan pages and sites such as The Funded , angels are still a bit harder to track down. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

Angel Investor 28

Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Venture Capital 28

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. In December 2010, Richard Kane, then-President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to found an HBS alumni-affiliated angel group in NY. in 27 companies. 4) Inclusion.

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New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. Generally speaking, the European venture capital community is more likely to commit larger investments in more mature companies. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. I think there are many more opportunities to disrupt the space. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Or perhaps it’s New York City — where companies like Foursquare, Warby Parker, and Rent the Runway got their start. Austin has approximately 600 fewer funding sources than both Silicon Valley and New York (144 compared to 785 and 739, respectively) and an average deal size half that of other major metropolitan areas’ ($5.4M

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Silicon Valley New York City San Jose Texas 48

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The report’s country profile assessment also noted that Israel’s favorable financial environment, the category in which it was placed 14th, and the availability of venture capital, the pillar in which it came in 10th place, also contributed to making the country an innovation powerhouse. Diversified U.S.

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