Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

In turn, some funds have a more friendly posture towards us and try to structure deals that incentive syndicate investors in a way that doesn’t massively disadvantage the seed investors. We help surface seed companies to them and typically don’t compete against them for new rounds or for follow-on dollars.

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Dilution Later Stage Portfolio Technical Review 399

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now. Funders Club ( which I''ve written about previously ) recently launched a referral program where angels can receive 10% of the carried interest in a deal they refer that ultimately gets investment from an FC fund.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndication Syndicate 46

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

I would propose that we call these types of investors “syndicate investors”—super useful folks who join with others to help rounds get raised on various crowd investing platforms. A similar problem happens at venture firms—where no longer are you seeing clear cut terms like analyst, associate, and general partner.

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Syndication Syndicate Angel Investor Cap Table 109