David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

" "Because the light is so much better" The US financial regulatory apparatus looks terrible now because of the Madoff scandal (which was not a hedge fund) and the 2008 financial meltdown (caused by the large banks/mortgage companies, bad regulation, quasi-government agencies like Fannie/Freddie, and consumers who took on too much debt).

Networking 122

Networking Private Equity SEC Software Review 122

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Every day, 5% of the entire online world visits a customer running on the WP Engine Digital Experience Platform. The majority of the funds pay back our early investors who believed in us enough to trust us with their money.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Forms of funding. ? Equity investment. Equity investment is the most popular and most talked-about avenue for startup funding. These investments are made instead of shares or equity in your startup. Government programs. Equity investors. The third source of funding is from equity investors. Bootstrapping.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. Carpe Diem.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 425

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Global Sources, once listed in Bermuda and now owned by the private equity giant Blackstone, has been active in Hong Kong since the 1970s and focuses on trade in and out of the former British colony. This makes it completely free, but it works with partners, i.e. government agencies that somehow act as middlemen.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with. Every year they fund several teams as they launch companies.

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Oakland Asia Lean Video 315

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

jamescaan : James Caan is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Hamilton Bradshaw private equity firm. JohnFMoore : Gov In The Lab magazine founder and CEO John Moore discusses bridging the divide between citizens, politicians, and the government.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Colombian public healthcare is decentralized with the lowest-earning tier of the population receiving free, government-subsidized services, and the rest of the population receiving health services administered by various private companies. A solid foundation of government support.

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Colombia America Technical Review Startup 146

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Aside from getting financial help from loved ones or using your personal savings, you can also get financial assistance from venture capitalists, angel investors, government grants, crowdfunding campaigns, strategic partners, blockchain technology, and financial providers offering loans for any purpose.

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Security Angel Investor Startup Bootstrapping 158

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. What role can government agencies both in the U.S. Localisation du Maghreb (Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. That will take a long time to settle.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2019

by Adam Coffey, author of “ The Private Equity Playbook ” . You speak to trusted friends and personal advisors about how you should go about doing this (perhaps your lawyer or accountant), and before you know it, you stumble upon an important player in the private equity game: the investment banker.

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Private Equity Equity Investment Bankers Government 113

YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2016

For years Mexico lagged behind a lot of other Latin America countries when it came to private equity. As well as this, their private equity investments have surpassed the likes of Russia and Turkey – meaning that the nation is slowly but surely becoming a real force. The government has opened doors.

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Private Equity Equity Mexico Brazil 100

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid. With the advent of programs like CartaX and what I call streaming venture funds , the liquidity in private markets is going to get the foundation to grow significantly in 2021. 7/ SaaS roll-ups and micro-private equity become huge.

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Balance Sheet Stock Private Equity Option Pool 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

Silicon Valley 362

Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Term Sheet 362

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. In the last few years new venture capital and private equity firms have raised money to invest in dual-use startups.

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Ukraine China Private Equity Russia 325

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. Inside the zones were Torch Technology Business Incubators with startups licensed by the local governments. Like the U.S. It went bankrupt in 1997.).

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Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 279

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). What Are These Intermediaries? Why Write About This Now?

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LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We don’t have any equity or control over the business….”. “As Key elements: . “We

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

government dataset compiled by the U.S. Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. Census Bureau. ” (ix) The U.S.

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Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Enter the privatization transaction.

Private Equity 164

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 164

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). What Are These Intermediaries?

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

At the most basic level, start-ups need lawyers to help them deal with three groups: The government. Establishing the ownership and equity rights of the company if there are multiple founders. Making sure you are paying attention to the tax consequences of what you do, particularly when it comes to granting people equity.

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Hiring LLC Intellectual Property Private Equity 56

Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Do you think than anemic IPO market will remain a deterrent to VC investing? equity markets. equity capital markets must be structured with the goal of promoting the growth of publicly held small businesses in America.

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IPO Government SEC Venture Capital 28

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Unfortunately, states don’t have any particular legislation for franchises, and the federal government can’t be bothered to enforce the rules they already have in place. Watch Out for Private Equity Owners. Private equity firms sometimes run franchises well.

Private Equity 167

Private Equity Small Business Administration Equity Operations 167

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Mannie and I share a strong interest in research in the field of venture capital and private equity. The industry built slowly until a few years into the new century. that year, accounting for 67.9%

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Silicon Valley 44

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

David Teten

MAY 19, 2017

I’ve also published research here on private equity , venture capital , hedge funds and mutual funds , and angel investing , as well as on fund management : origination , due diligence , investment research , and portfolio acceleration. TheDeal Corporate Governance Conference. Invesco Annual Tools for Success® Forum.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity New York City 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

10:30 Question from the chat: How do you define the difference between traditional VC and private equity? 16:00 What should government be doing? What’s your take on that? 12:45 Describe the structural, cyclical trends you’re seeing in technology. 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws.

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Los Angeles Detroit Venture Capital Lean 303

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. I’ll focus on VC only here as it’s the core focus of this blog. Israel based startups raised $4.1 billion in 2019 and are pacing for a high showing in 2020 as well.

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Israel Private Equity Venture Capital Europe 186

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

Silicon Valley 211

Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Startup 211

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2013

The Canadian government announced on Thursday it will launch a new program on April 1 to encourage startup founders who will (hopefully) create new jobs and spur economic growth in the country. Entrepreneurs will require the support of a Canadian angel investor group or venture capital fund before they can apply to the Start-Up Visa Program.

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Canada Programming Private Equity Incubator 167

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

IPO 205

IPO Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 205

The Startup Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

Navigating Zoning and Regulations Before proceeding with any development plans, it’s essential to navigate the zoning regulations and land use policies that govern the property. Explore options such as traditional bank loans, private equity investment, or government grants and incentives to fund the development.

Sales 145

Sales Private Equity Finance Government 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), despite recent failures, actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 182