Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2014

These high fees obviously eat away at returns, and more profoundly are in contrast to the “disintermediation spirit” so at the heart of modern technology investing. Little discussed in most venture fund models are the high costs of deal sourcing, diligence, and oversight.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Everybody thought the real substance was going to come from B2B eCommerce players that would deliver “real value&# by disintermediating supply chains … blah, blah, blah. We had 6 term sheets in no time. People were starting to get cynical about yet another pet website or another website for buying art.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors. They act in the interest of their portfolio companies like any investor would.

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