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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

A corporate investor can provide diversity on the Board as someone who thinks differently from independent VCs. Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategicinvestors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.

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Never Been Easier to Become a VC. Never Been Harder to Stay One.

Hunter Walker

There’s a influx of capital to back new funds: crowding funding via AngelList syndicates. strategic investors (including corporates). traditional institutional LPs such as fund of funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds ( our investors ). high net worth individuals. family offices.

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Trada – from the beginning

VC Adventure

They started with the idea that we wanted to work together on another company and some concepts about the operating philosophy of our relationship, the kind of company culture we wanted to build and the ideal pattern of communication that the two of us would have around the business. Of course coming up with the idea is the easy part.