David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. More details.

Tunisia 114

Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

It’s quite simple, which is when you had systems where you had limitations on distribution or transportation of products, it enabled you to operate with a certain cost structure. Venture capitalists are raising money from other investors, institutional investors who expect certain returns from us.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

SEC 158

SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds. Historically, institutional investors kept their investing strategy very discreet. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

View from Seed

JUNE 7, 2016

Central to any CEO’s job is thinking through strategy and reflecting on operations, as well as communicating these things to various constituents. 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

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

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Similar to Telefonica’s Wayra accelerator in Europe and Latin America, Muru-D is looking at the entire Australasian region where the telco operates and time will tell whether they will expand beyond Australia’s borders in a similar fashion to their Latin American counter-parts. .

Australia 146

Australia San Francisco IPO Cofounder 146

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

billion (net management fees and operational expenses). 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.

IRR 74

IRR Israel Venture Capital Institutional Investors 74

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

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. Addepar (ffVC portfolio company) is creating a platform for illiquid assets.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2018

If what made you successful isn’t working anymore, don’t wait for an activist investor to force the shift to a new way of competing. Some customers had to halt operations, and 37 percent switched freight to competitor Norfolk Southern. Make bold moves before an activist investor forces you to do so.

Agile 113

Agile Malaysia Private Equity Non-Compete 113

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. David Teten: As you know, almost every VC fund operates as effectively a mini expert network. We kind of bring it all together.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

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

Apple is an early example of adding a channel to expand, to become a “click-and-mortar” retailer, meaning they operate both physical and online stores. 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.

Customer 359

Customer Institutional Investors Channel Acquisition 359

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

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. That’s why it is better to use institutional investors and loans when you are able, with realistic time frame expectations.

Management 308

Management Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 308

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

If a C corp generates net operating losses rather than net income, these are carried forward to offset future corporate taxable income. However, such operating losses may not be used to offset taxable income of the individual shareholders. S corps operate in a manner similar to C corps. Fundraising. Employee Compensation.

LLC 61

LLC Stock Options Preferred Stock Stock 61

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

He was named by Institutional Investor Magazine to The All-America Executive Team as Best CEO in the Consumer Goods industry in 2017 and 2018.

Leadership 122

Leadership Developer Private Equity LLC 122

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. Many large institutions from the list above invest directly in VC funds, but others from the same categories will invest indirectly through a range of different intermediaries. new buildings, etc).

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. That’s why it is better to use institutional investors and loans when you are able, with realistic time frame expectations.

Founder 254

Founder Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 254

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

What no one tells the Marks is that as they’re buying, the smart money and institutional investors are quietly pulling out and selling their assets. billion dollars while admitting it will have operating losses through the end of fiscal 2012.)

Investment Bankers 318

Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 318

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2013

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. That’s why it is better to use institutional investors and loans when you are able, with realistic time frame expectations.

Cram Down 230

Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 230

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

This segment of the market is basically mirroring other segments of the venture ecosystem which has operated this way for some time. This is why, as I said previously, most seed rounds today still have 2–3 institutional investors involved although it’s less likely that all three are equally happy about their allocations in the round.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

ff VC became the only and first institutional investor and I joined the company’s board in May. (This is the second ff VC company that KPCB has invested in, after Klout.). I met Adam Ghetti , Founder/CTO, at the first Flashpoint Demo Day in New York in early 2012 at Union Square Ventures.

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Security Operations Atlanta 114

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. Many large institutions from the list above invest directly in VC funds, but others from the same categories will invest indirectly through a range of different intermediaries. new buildings, etc).

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Early Growth Financial Services

JULY 24, 2015

Once regarded as part of a libertarian fringe, Bitcoin is increasingly commanding the attention of the world’s major financial institutions, institutional investors, and governmental regulatory bodies. Current estimates put the amount of Bitcoin outstanding at $14.2

Institutional Investors 28

Institutional Investors Technical Review Stock Operations 28

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

There is a primary reason that inside investors give companies convertible debt rather than just giving you the money as equity. VC’s money comes from mostly institutional investors called LPs (limited partners). You might have legitimate concerns that warrant not funding the ongoing operations.

Startup 290

Startup Burn Rate Warrant Bankruptcy 290

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I can tell you first hand than bankers are out making road shows to gin up interest in VCs and institutional investors. Players such as Foursquare , Tapulous and Bump Technologies are attracting huge investor attention not to mention the huge hype around augmented reality applications such as Layar.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. Investors seek returns of ~10-15% that are predictable, secure, uncorrelated to other asset classes, and inflation adjusted. Capital Solutions.

Private Equity 164

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 164

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Totem is an operating system that makes investors smarter by helping them leverage their knowledge, relationships & insights.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

JUNE 30, 2017

And having access to many resources that they once would’ve relied on VCs for, founders can focus on other variables in investor diligence; like how helpful they are on the Board. And accelerators, through a few years of curation and operation, have made those resources a lot more visible.

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

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Soyka, author of “ Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability “ For many companies, environmentally sound operations are an important organizational value to embrace, both from a customer perspective and to attract and retain employees. stock markets.

Green 154

Green Institutional Investors Employee Hosting 154

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

With “cash flow” obligations, investors receive a percentage of your operating cash flow (if any) until they have been repaid in full, or have achieved a specified percentage return on their investment. That’s why it is better to use institutional investors and loans when you are able, with realistic time frame expectations.

Cram Down 148

Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 148

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 11, 2013

I was chatting with a friend last night about the lack of institutional investor (LP) interest in European venture capital as an asset class. We both believe that now is an attractive time to invest in European technology startups and started why we think so differently to most of the people we would like to invest in our funds.

Europe 143

Europe LP Institutional Investors Venture Capital 143

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

He works closely with European banks and institutional investors and is O’Hara’s largest shareholder for private equity investments, principally held in banking, internet and oil and gas companies. Betancourt Lopez began the Hawkers transformation by fixing the operational issues that had caused the company to struggle.

Viral 158

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 158