David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. Alex Bangash is the founder of Trusted Insight, an institutional investor marketplace and social network for Alternatives, and Rumson, an adviser to institutional investors focused on venture capital and emerging markets.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” [Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

Membership in the Meetup is open exclusively to: Institutional investors in private markets (VC, growth, buyout, distressed, etc.) The goal of this Meetup is to help ffVC and our peers to learn from one another so we can all be more effective. . who use tech solutions in their day-to-day process.

Private Equity 113

Private Equity Equity Cap Table Venture Capital 113

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2019

Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens “, is an entrepreneur, and founder of Dakota, a company that sells and markets institutional investment strategies.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Institutional Investors 147

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

HBSAANY members include venture capitalists, individual accredited investors, and other institutional investors. The organization invests in companies led by both Harvard and non-Harvard alums across all industries. HBSAANY currently invests at a pace of close to $2 million in 7-10 companies per year. domestic market.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

The “con” side should be readily apparent: Entrenching management inherently disempowers individual and even large institutional investors, whose capital the company is entrusted with investing to earn a return.

IPO 159

IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2019

Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens “, is an entrepreneur, and founder of Dakota, a company that sells and markets institutional investment strategies.

Software Review 154

Software Review Marketing Due Diligence Institutional Investors 154

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

This is effectively a sequel to my study of best practices in deal origination , published last year in the Journal of Private Equity , Harvard Business Review , Institutional Investor , and Business Insider. As the former CEO of an Israeli startup with a (modest) US and UK presence, this is an obvious way to create more jobs here.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

In the 10th edition of Traction, we hear the story of Vin Vacanti , co-founder/CEO of Yipit.com (daily deals aggregator) and YipitData (analyzes web data for institutional investors). So much tactical goodness rolled into one episode. How did both these companies come into being at the same time?

CTO Hire 120

CTO Hire Framework Cofounder Seed Stage 120

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata investments rights given investors the right to invest in your future fund-raising rounds and maintain their ownership % in your company as your company grows and raises more capital.

Technical Review 336

Technical Review Later Stage Early Stage LP 336

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBSAANY members embody try capitalists, particular accredited investors, and other institutional investors. NAIC firms beget poignant earnings for institutional investors and shareholders by investing in and transforming secretly hold businesses in tellurian rising markets as good as a $6 trillion annual women and diverse U.S.

Programming 128

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If your business success so far is based on family and Angel investors, perhaps it’s time to start working with institutional investors and external business partners. With each new skill you acquire, your likelihood of long-term success is improved. Expand your investment alternatives.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review Due Diligence Institutional Investors Angel Investor 149

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

However, most institutional investors (venture capital groups, for instance) don’t mind this structure, and they, in fact, prefer to invest in corporations due to protections from issuing stocks. While LLCs cannot issue stocks, they can sell bonds to investors. Lower tax rates allow an LLC to be more flexible with finances.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review LLC IPO Stock 158

Pascal's View

MARCH 16, 2010

This is the seventh in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question; How should institutional investors contact VC funds? Directly or via an investment consultant?

Institutional Investors 28

Institutional Investors Government Technical Review Due Diligence 28

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBSAANY members embody try capitalists, particular accredited investors, and other institutional investors. NAIC firms beget poignant earnings for institutional investors and shareholders by investing in and transforming secretly hold businesses in tellurian rising markets as good as a $6 trillion annual women and diverse U.S.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Diversification in that a small investor (by large institutional standards), say a foundation with $25M in assets that wants to commit $1M (4%) of their assets to VC, can get exposure to 10+ individual VC funds through a FoF but might only be able to inveset in 1-2 if they tried to do it directly.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Distribution 176

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

This study is effectively a sequel to the study David Teten led with Chris Farmer of General Catalyst on best practices of venture capital and private equity funds in originating new deals , published in Journal of Private Equity , Harvard Business Review , Institutional Investor , etc.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

If you are approaching an institutional investor then people who are new to the firm and/or more junior often have more time, although maybe less influence. Moreover, those ‘yesses’ will naturally skew to the people they already know and know well, making it tough to break in. Venture Capital'

Early Stage 123

Early Stage Institutional Investors Startup Venture Capital 123

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Nevertheless, selective disclosure could be said to unfairly benefit analysts and institutional investors at the expense of other stockholders, particularly individual investors, who lack access to the same information.

SEC 158

SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

If your business success so far is based on family and Angel investors, perhaps it’s time to start working with institutional investors and external business partners. With each new skill you acquire, your likelihood of long-term success is improved. Expand your investment alternatives.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Leadership Due Diligence Marketing 120

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

Conduct an honest self-evaluation: can you realistically raise money from institutional investors, or should you focus on high net worths/family offices? Institutional investors in funds are typically conservative. Keep an ongoing list of high-caliber investor-focused events in your geographies and sectors of interest.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. . That said, we tend to be very flexible on syndication to bring on great partners, and have collaborated with terrific partners like our most frequent co-investors Founder Collective, Accomplice, LHV, Softech, and others.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

It will be a continued series of wins and IPOs to build confidence that the talent pool is deep here, so we can generate more capital and funds from institutional investors into the ecosystem.”. Having seen the talent Australia has produced so far, I’m inclined to agree with him.

Australia 146

Australia San Francisco IPO Cofounder 146

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. More details.

Tunisia 114

Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

The most pervasive has been the expansion of passively managed portfolios, such as index funds and ETFs, which allow both retail and institutional investors access to a broad spectrum of investment opportunities at a much lower cost.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Investors/buyers may even ask that the company be restructured. Larger institutional investors often prefer the predictability of a corporate structure and the protections of those pesky operation formalities. You should research the investors you may want to work with in the future to see if they have a preference.

LLC 100

LLC Technical Review Software Review Limited Liability Company 100

View from Seed

JUNE 7, 2016

At NextView, one founder we invested in last year proactively asked us, as her lone institutional investor, to start doing this. Just to discuss a few benefits more in-depth… First and foremost, getting into a regular cadence readies the company to think and operate more professionally for later rounds of financing.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Founder Seed Capital Institutional Investors 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Once you have some traction, you can approach venture capital organizations , with funding amounts of $1-10 million for the real rollout, often referred to as the “A-round,” or first institutional funding. These usually charge you a fixed fee up front, and then perhaps a small percentage of the raise. Growth and exit stage.

Incubator 429

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 429

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Venture capitalists are raising money from other investors, institutional investors who expect certain returns from us. And to get those returns, we need very big wins. At GRP, the partnership that I work at, we have produced 15 companies that have exited north of a billion dollars.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Koby Simana, IVC CEO, said: “foreign institutional investors – who before the crisis had been the lead source of capital invested in Israeli funds – have suffered serious losses due to the credit crunch. In 2010, the capital available for investment in first round and follow on rounds now stands on $1.2

IRR 74

IRR Israel Venture Capital Institutional Investors 74

VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

In broad strokes, the high-tech support plan consists of the following pieces: Renewing the flow of capital to the high-tech industry - primarily by encouraging Israeli institutional investors to invest in Israeli venture capital funds. Today, most of the LPs for Israeli funds are foreign investors.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Government Israel Technology 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Even if your business success so far has been based on bootstrapping, it may be time to look to institutional investors to help you with acquisitions and new initiative funding. Use outside investment and acquisition to expand your scope.

Customer 359

Customer Institutional Investors Channel Acquisition 359

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community. So much more of it is about connecting to money than I ever thought it would be and that’s the most disappointing thing about it.

LP 146

LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 146

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

My key takeaways from talking to roughly 40 institutional investors in the valley about investing to an European startup are: Traction cures all ills. If you can really demonstrate up and to the right path and consistently deliver on your promises, the funding will find you.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

ithacaVC

MARCH 9, 2017

The importance of the Board is why institutional investors (like VCs) often get a seat on the Board after an investment. But don’t be fooled, there is an element of control as investors want a say in critical decisions. The list goes on and on. Good corporate governance is critical at startups and other companies alike!

Seed Stage 58

Seed Stage Software Review Institutional Investors Lead Investor 58

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If anyone has any solutions to this, as a former institutional investor myself, I'm all ears--especially if we think that the best fund opportunities are the smaller ones.

LP 97

LP Venture Capital Technical Review Nebraska 97