David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. These are the major tools that institutions and press use to look at the industry. . Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Institutional investors in funds are typically conservative.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs.

Programming 128

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to learn what a VC investor thinks about “Internet scale” and how you can usually simplify your idea by charging a fair price for your product. Dan: Well, you and I also just mentioned that we’re on the bleeding edge of technology. Jason: I use them.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

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. We view that as the bare minimum.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. 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.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Your team does a good job hustling around to find good teams, but the reality is that your dealflow is more dependent on your network than it is any kind of objective criteria. In fact, one of my largest investors from a family office were former private investment people themselves, and their due dilligence was off the charts.

LP 97

LP Venture Capital Technical Review Nebraska 97

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. It’s likely that the investors don’t know you, so try and find warm intros from people in your network. Network and talk to people.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

As Greycroft said in an essay : “Since we were a small fund, it would have been overwhelming to us and our small administrative staff to set up the meetings and follow ups, fill out questionnaires (which for the most part fall into a dark hole), and respond to the myriad of questions which occur during the due diligence process.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Technical Review Management LP 60

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

Foundry reviewed these terms before committing to invest and both FG Angel’s $ 50k and the syndicate member’s total amount are under the terms of this note. This means we did not negotiate deal terms with Foundry or with AngelList, the investors accepted the terms we already had for the convertible note (or choose not to invest).

Syndication 93

Syndication Syndicate Technical Review Due Diligence 93

Austin Startup

JUNE 30, 2017

For some, it’s about preparing for a successful career, including building a network that you can leverage for your career. Pragmatically, accelerators offer entrepreneurs a curated bundle of resources (a network of entrepreneurs and advisors, faster access to investors, education, some initial money, etc.)

Curation 48

Curation Startup Cofounder Equity 48

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

Foundry reviewed these terms before committing to invest and both FG Angel’s $50k and the syndicate member’s total amount are under the terms of this note. This means we did not negotiate deal terms with Foundry or with AngelList, the investors accepted the terms we already had for the convertible note (or choose not to invest).

Syndication 48

Syndication Syndicate Technical Review Due Diligence 48

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.” But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries. From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Moat, the biggest exit out of the bunch, was sourced when I met Mike Walrath at a tech event. He said they’d consider any “special situations” funds I was doing—at which point I realized that he had never even looked at the deck and had zero intentions of doing any real diligence.

LP 142

LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 142

Austin Startup

APRIL 1, 2017

Does the candidate regularly invest in other startups alongside your investors, perhaps as part of a seed fund, accelerator network, or other group? Is the candidate looking for other appointments, either as a director or a more-involved executive; potentially at companies where your lead investors could deliver access?

Term Sheet 48

Term Sheet Institutional Investors Lead Investor Technical Review 48

VC Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2025

In 2024, 30 firms raised 75% of all capital raised by VC funds in the US, a powerful signal of how the tech pullback is concentrating influence among the venture industrys heavyweights. billion, with first-time fund managers particularly struggling to attract institutional investors. between 2023 and 2024. million to $32.3

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Venture Capital Technical Review Silicon Valley Later Stage 88