VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For the past 10 years, with interest rates near zero, VC investors plowed record amounts into tech startups and enjoyed a seemingly ‘easy’ investing environment. From a technology point of view, new tech tools like generative AI means that tasks can be accomplished with fewer resources and at a higher speed.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2013

has gone offshore primarily due to the toughened regulatory environment. It has gotten so bad that pension funds and other institutional investors in venture capital funds have told these funds to stay away from Life Science – or at the least, early stage Life Science. Pharma companies are staggering under the costs.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2019

One example is their relationship with technology. All of us, regardless of which generation we belong to, have been impacted by technology. You could think of it this way: If technology were a geyser, Baby Boomers and Generation Xers have been sprayed by its impact, but Millennials got drenched. Information is essential.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. New York has an extremely active Meetup culture; almost every night there are 3-10 tech-focused events.

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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.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

While the intention was to fully privatize the venture capital industry, the drought of funds in Israel spurred the need a ‘bail out’ of the high-tech sector, in the form of by public sector programs to resuscitate investments in high-tech companies and retain innovative start ups in the country.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Some get stuck in a rut and get run over by competitors with new technology, like Eastman Kodak, and others get pushed into a crisis, like Apple did, before they reinvent themselves into a new market. Use that same technical and business expertise that served you well on this startup to find the next opportunity.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. Because tech companies are getting bigger more quickly than at any time in history.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

In the tech startup context, you’ll typically choose between a Corporation and a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Plus, there is the possibility that terms of the LLC Operating Agreement will be challenged during due diligence (the time a potential buyer spends investigating your company prior to purchase).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Some get stuck in a rut and get run over by competitors with new technology, like Eastman Kodak, and others get pushed into a crisis, like Apple did, before they reinvent themselves into a new market. Use that same technical and business expertise that served you well on this startup to find the next opportunity.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. VCAP© applicants will be reviewed in a series of screenings conducted by the Marathon VCAP© selection committee, HBSAANY, and NAIC board members. domestic market.

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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].

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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.

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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. .

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

With Take the Interview, employers can screen candidates via asynchronous (not-live) video interviews by posing their most important questions to candidates and receiving automated video responses back that they can review at their convenience. HBSAANY now invests during a gait of tighten to $2 million in 7-10 companies per year.

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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.

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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.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. Monday, January 14 th : Technology Investing – 3-4:30 PM, NYU Wagner at 295 Lafayette Street (Puck Building ). More details.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

With Take the Interview, employers can screen candidates via asynchronous (not-live) video interviews by posing their most important questions to candidates and receiving automated video responses back that they can review at their convenience. HBSAANY now invests during a gait of tighten to $2 million in 7-10 companies per year.

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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.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. 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.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

TriVentures II , a $25 million medical device fund (with American medical technology company Medtronic Inc. as its main investor). Only three Israeli venture capital funds completed their fund raising efforts in 2009: Sequoia Capital Israel , announced final closing of Sequoia IV, a $200 million vintage 2009 fund.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

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. 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.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2018

Consumers now make buying decisions based on peer reviews and social media and have shifted to smaller, newer brands that have a direct digital relationship with their consumers. 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.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 05% of total US mutual fund assets.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 10, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Given recent instances of VC-backed company fraud and questions about the management team, how can institutional investors protect themselves from key person risk? This takes resources and time. Share and Enjoy:

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

The massive institutional investor losses incurred from investments in asset classes unrelated to venture capital due to the global financial crisis have only fanned the wildfire fire burning in the American innovation forest. Investors take risk in order to reap rewards. Share and Enjoy:

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. I generally avoid LLCs as most technology startup companies need to grant options to employees and consultants, and there is no easy “off the rack&# method to do this. citizen/resident stockholders. Fundraising.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 3, 2019

I originally asked this question to several founders with the intent of addressing angel investors but I’ve found it doesn’t exclude other institutional investors either. If you Google “fundraising startups” you’ll find thousands of articles on how to get started, what you should do and how you should communicate to investors.

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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. .

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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

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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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