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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

We meet to discuss trends in the industry and to find ways to work together to help with SoCal deal syndication – somethings that happens automatically on Sand Hill Road in NorCal due to proximity. the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies. We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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The Story Behind Our Investment In Fiddler Labs

Haystack

My old friend Krishna Gade and his new co-founder, Amit Paka, were teaming up to build a new startup in one of the most exciting technology spaces out there today — artificial intelligence. But Gade’s and Paka’s vision wasn’t simply to leverage AI for a vertical application.

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Announcing Techstars AngelList Funds for Mentors and Alumni

Feld Thoughts

As Techstars continues to selectively expand into new geographies and industry verticals, our mentors are important as ever. It provides an outlet for mentors to engage in their local startup communities and keep a pulse on emerging technologies. At Foundry Group, we learned a lot by running our own FG Angels syndicate.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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New VC-InsideOut Podcast: Best Practices for Building High-Performance Boards During Challenging Times

Pascal's View

 We had an engaging and candid conversation, which included fielding questions from audience members including  Laurie Yoler, Managing Director of GrowthPoint Technology Partners. 42in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed; vertical-align:baseline;mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging">.42in;text-indent:-.42in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. What will it take for Texas to produce startups of that kind of scale and impact in technology, food, retail, entertainment, energy, education, real estate, transportation and health?

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