VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). How AngelList Syndicates (and FG Angels) Works. We were the first formal venture fund to do this.

Syndicate 93

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 93

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

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. . We are first and foremost pre-traction investors. This is not what Nextview is about. Belief #5: Be Principled, but not Dogmatic.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Detailed due diligence. Profiled initially. Target Selected. 10,000 [v].

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). How AngelList Syndicates (and FG Angels) Works. We were the first formal venture fund to do this.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 48

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

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. Jeff Clavier, Seed stage investor in 90+ consumer internet startups, said: We all have a different approach to non Silicon Valley opportunities. Network and talk to people.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104