VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Covid-19 accelerated the adoption of entertainment tech, gaming and commerce. The move to remote work forced quick adoption of cloud technology and tools that were once having difficulties selling to large corporates, saw explosive growth – from Zoom to Hopin, new unicorns were born in record time. 2020… where to start?

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Another critical design consideration is your tech stack. For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Another critical design consideration is your tech stack. For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

But in the grand scheme of things, 10 years is a blip, and one that had a continuous bull market in tech. Today, multiple rounds are often raised, due to the atomization of the seed space. First, the winners in most portfolios don’t often have a true recap round. In some ways, this feels like an eternity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Tech stack. Only married once, just for clarity…) .

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. – Provide hands-on operational support for portfolio companies.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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