thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

However, the reality is that I am building a portfolio of investments and, like Brad, I believe in being an active and helpful investor. If there is an opportunity to bring in a syndicate partner that will add exponential value, it would be foolish to not include them. This takes a lot of time.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Syndicate Syndication Bandwidth 78

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].

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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 the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). larger check writers have a greater tendency to lead rounds).

Syndicate 207

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Portfolio 207

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. Access to the partner. Fund investing, like adulting, is boring.

Portfolio 134

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 134

Haystack

DECEMBER 27, 2018

About a year ago, I tracked down a VC who gave a talk I heard about where he referenced the phrase “Your portfolio is your path,” it stuck out in my mind because amid all the noise, it was simple, brief, and yet still open to interpretation. “Your portfolio is your path.” The portfolio is, indeed, your path.

Portfolio 118

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Flash 118

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Tech stack.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

VC Adventure

JANUARY 19, 2024

Over the course of Foundry, we deliberately structured our work in a way that reflected this goal, keeping our organization small and each of the Foundry partners closer to the portfolio (both the companies each of us was responsible for, but also across the portfolio more broadly).

Portfolio 72

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 72

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). In a world without cookies, we’ll see smart alternatives to targeting that avoid cookies altogether: contextual targeting, time-based targeting, and using syndicated and custom audiences, according to the 2021 media trends and predictions by Kantar.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?” We see our potential coinvestors in four primary buckets: 1) HOF Capital ’s own limited partners. Fundraising is burdensome.

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. The middle” consists of venture-backed companies that are neither early stage nor mature. What about the middle?

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. But they are also a tax on your time with portfolio companies, looking for new investments, running your shop and honestly they are a tax on your family life. I don’t. Price matters.

Cofounder 374

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 374

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. 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.” A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Klein, CEO of On Grid Ventures , will serve as the new Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY. I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. I’ve enjoyed working with our partners at VentureOutNY and Worldwide Investor Network.

New York 114

New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

David Teten

JULY 11, 2019

Ranked in descending order of frequency of use, they are: 1) Syndicate the investment out to coinvestors, without charging any fee. I recently wrote about How VCs Structure a Syndicate and Recruit Coinvestors. These are designed to allow an institutional investor to invest followon rounds in existing portfolio companies.

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors Dilution 60

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is why I’ve made a habit of profiling our portfolio quantitatively and why we write summaries announcing pretty much all of our new investments. So, here is our annual quantitative summary of our portfolio. This equates to 3-4 investments that are “led” internally by each partner. This isn’t a quota.

Portfolio 49

Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 1, 2013

On top of that, I am building a portfolio--and I plan to be a long term investor in the asset class. These angels don''t have multi-step processes or multi-partner voting. This current indecisiveness in our investor community is leading to party rounds, lower quality syndicates, and lots of founder time wasted.

Syndicate 112

Syndicate Syndication Venture Capital Portfolio 112

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

For a seed stage venture capital firm, product/market fit comes down to two questions. 1) How is the portfolio performing? On performance, we are happy with how things are shaping up in our early NextView I portfolio. 2) Is your reputation in the market such that great people will want to work with you? Twitter ).

Seed Stage 69

Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Over the the course of three years, K9 Ventures has invested in 18 startups, including CrowdFlower , Twilio , DNAnexus , HighlightCam , CardMunch , Lytro , Zimride , IndexTank , BackType , EasyESI , card.io , Baydin , LucidChart , Torbit , Occipital , TapCanvas , and 3Gear Systems. was acquired by PayPal.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Over the the course of three years, K9 Ventures has invested in 18 startups, including CrowdFlower , Twilio , DNAnexus , HighlightCam , CardMunch , Lytro , Zimride , IndexTank , BackType , EasyESI , card.io , Baydin , LucidChart , Torbit , Occipital , TapCanvas , and 3Gear Systems. was acquired by PayPal.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

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.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. Their entrepreneurs are evangelical about how great it is to be part of True’s portfolio.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

Version One Ventures

MAY 22, 2018

If you find yourself in the fortunate position of being oversubscribed, you’ll likely look to build the best investor base and find the right partners for your journey. How do all the partners of the fund feel? Some require all partners or a certain number/percentage of them to be on board whereas others require a single champion.

Cap Table 60

Cap Table Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.

Term Sheet 46

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

For entrepreneurs seeking to build big companies on a rapid trajectory, raising larger scale venture capital rounds is likely a necessity at some point after the initial seed funding. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. What’s Your Favorite Future? Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Portfolio. (3). Venture Capital. (3). Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2013

.” I’ve been thinking a lot about deal selection in Venture Capital , so this meme is particularly interesting to me. More seed funds are realizing that they need to have more concentrated portfolios to generate good returns. Many of these investors have larger portfolios now, which is a major tax on time.

Seed Stage 53

Seed Stage Due Diligence Early Stage Syndicate 53

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146