David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Even for later-stage companies with predictable financials, the lack of liquidity, audited financials, and standardized metrics creates real challenges to scaling quantitative investing. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 1) Market fund. 6) Negotiate deal.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“The Centaur is a business that reaches $100 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR)—a rare breed of cloud business, part of an elite subset of the growing unicorn herd.” The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR).

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 1, 2013

Are you more of a B2C type or a B2B type? If you are a risk-taker and enjoy the challenges and roller-coaster ride, then the jungle phase is for you and you should bias towards seed funded or recently Series A funded companies that are pre-revenue. Here's the advice I give: . Pick a Domain. What blogs are you reading?

Boston 52

Boston B2C Salary Cofounder 52

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. No revenue isn’t always a problem for venture-style businesses; no investors + no revenue = challenges for most founders without tremendous self-funding. swing for the fences category-building B2C software capital?—?wasn’t

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78