David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Advances in machine learning, specifically natural language processing, have made generating these baseline, aggregate datasets possible, at scale, with high accuracy. Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. 5) Due diligence.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? How do VCs originate investments?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

VC Adventure

MAY 10, 2020

After its enactment but before it was implemented, there were questions about the SBA’s “affiliation rules” which can disqualify companies if the aggregated number of employees at affiliate companies is greater than 500. The program sparked confusion from the start. Exactly what this means isn’t clear.

SBA 79

SBA Affiliate Los Angeles Cap Table 79

VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was a benefit to employees and a slight value transfer from equity holders to option holders (generally speaking in M&A transactions the value of the aggregate option exercise ends up allocated across the rest of the cap table). So 30%-40% is the range.

Valuation 48

Valuation Common Stock Cap Table Software Review 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. I was writing some software, I was doing some product management stuff. Git is another decentralized protocol really for version control and software. Due to their bylaws and LP agreements and things, they can only hold public securities, like in the traditional sense.

IPO 113

IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113