View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). Why Vin decided to pivot the business (read: launch a second startup) and what he learned going from B2C to B2B.

CTO Hire 120

CTO Hire Framework Cofounder Seed Stage 120

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. Fairly frequently public market investors believe that a new consumer company is “the next X”. We first saw this with Twitter in 2013 when they went public and many (both retail & institutional investors) believed that company might be the “next Facebook”.

IPO 180

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 180

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Our original target was $10M, so I’m extremely grateful at the confidence our investors placed in the fund. In addition, I’m particularly excited that this final close includes an institutional investor, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) – their announcement can be found here.

Los Angeles 146

Los Angeles Portland Canada B2C 146

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Excel and Google simply aren’t going to cut it if you expect to build a high quality institutional investor base.”. Beacon technology system , which automatically outbound-solicits a universe of over 10,000 institutional investors, without requiring LPs to register for an online network of funds. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). Why Vin decided to pivot the business (read: launch a second startup) and what he learned going from B2C to B2B.

Framework 120

Framework Cofounder Seed Stage B2C 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. One global institutional investor is investigating setting up a large-scale co-investment vehicle, similar to Correlation Ventures, but focused on private equity transactions. 6) Negotiate deal.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. Fairly frequently public market investors believe that a new consumer company is “the next X”. We first saw this with Twitter in 2013 when they went public and many (both retail & institutional investors) believed that company might be the “next Facebook”.

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100