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AngelList Syndicate Feedback From An Experienced Entrepreneur

Feld Thoughts

We recently funded Blinkfire Analytics using our FG Angels Syndicate. So, we were psyched he was willing to do an FG Angels Syndicate with us. When it was oversubscribed they kept their syndicate commitment, but offered a much bigger investment outside the syndicate. I asked him if I could post them – he said yes.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Santa Clara University shares their demand dividend structure. .

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Three New Types of AngelList Syndicates I Hope to See

Hunter Walker

So far most of the top funded AngelList Syndicates look, well, not surprising. Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates.

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

David Teten

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. 645 Ventures released a cap table simulator to help level the playing field. 3) Raise capital. 9) Accelerate portfolio company value.

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If You’re Not Sure Whether Your Current Investors Would Give You More Money, The Answer Is Likely “No”

Hunter Walker

Startup CEOs Should Test Strength of Cap Table Every ~6 Months To Know Where They Stand. I really liked Jason Lemkin’s “ Do You Have a Weak Investor Syndicate ” blog post from earlier in the summer. If we’ve got an oversupply of demand, is this the round your firm usually starts stepping back from pro rata?”.

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

David Teten

Satisfying LP demands and streamlining the valuation process are primary drivers in those clients’ adoption of Ipreo’s portfolio monitoring and valuation solutions, iLEVEL, iVAL, and Qval. . EShares is an increasingly popular tool in our portfolio for tracking private company cap tables. 9) Time, market, and exit investment.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. Some angel investors join together in syndicates. Those remedial actions can delay, stall or even kill the IPO.