thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

I knew, because of my broad network, female and other minority founders would comprise a large percentage of the fund. Limited partners (LPs), who manage the capital that gets deployed into venture capital funds, can play an important role in diversifying the funding landscape.

LP 65

LP Technical Review Silicon Valley Limited Partner 65

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 20, 2024

On the other hand, I feel things are a lot more predictable on the fund side—and that getting limited partners for your fund or syndicate is a lot more grounded in something that resembles logic. Going from an angel to a fund manager is a huge jump—as is going from a junior person at a fund to the main person at your own fund.

Deal Flow 147

Deal Flow Syndicate Syndication Cap Table 147

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel. Network, network, network. Tell us your story. Then, get busy surrounding yourself with a great team.

Founder 91

Founder Israel Miami Cofounder 91

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship. A more efficient approach is to mine the data exhaust from the Limited Partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. 2) Raise capital.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2021

including Charles Butt , founder of H-E-B; Dean Drako , founder of Barracuda Networks and Eagle Eye Networks; and Tim Draper , of Draper Associates. Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors.

Accredited Investor 106

Accredited Investor Texas San Antonio San Francisco 106

ReadWriteStart

JULY 19, 2023

Initially, they assumed that venture capital and investing in funds were common knowledge among potential limited partners (LPs). Big Sky Capital aims to bridge the gap between promising ideas and sustainable businesses by providing financial support, mentorship, and access to a network of industry experts.

Kazakhstan 92

Kazakhstan Montana Venture Capital Miami 92

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. I just happened to have a pretty sizable network in NYC and online. They don't know you exist and you don't know them. The whole thing is setup to fail.

LP 97

LP Venture Capital Technical Review Nebraska 97

Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2017

Limited partners, who commit capital to venture funds, have to commit for 7–13 years. So there is real opportunity in investing in smaller platforms at 1/100th the price of Ethereum’s $30B network value. This model has other problems. By far the largest is illiquidity. Few investors can afford to think on that time-scale.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Portfolio 54

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. In addition, BizSpark offers technical support, business training, and a network of over 2,000 partners to connect members with incubators, investors, advisors, government agencies, and other resources.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Support Venture Capital Balance Sheet 114

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

If you know that someone from your school or extended network is a lot more senior to you and is seriously influential in a company that lots of startups would want to work with—why not host a meal or event for them to showcase what they’re working on. Money works this way, too—and it’s a way to get in with VCs, especially smaller funds.

Startup 205

Startup Cofounder Angel Groups Limited Partner 205

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. – Network. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. – Network. At the same time, they reduce the value of knowledge about people in your network; now anyone can find out who, for example, are the M&A decision-makers at Cisco.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

Focus on building your own unique investment thesis and network. Thou Shalt Love Thy Limited Partners as Thyself : Treat your LPs with respect and transparency. They are more than just a source of capital; they are your partners in this journey. Every portfolio has its winners and losers, and that’s okay.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Due Diligence Exit Strategy Deal Flow 78

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

A lot of VC fund pitches—and I know this because I used to vet VCs for a living as an institutional limited partner at a pension fund—sound the same. They’re trying to get exposure and diversification at the same time, while potentially seeing co-investment deal flow.

Accredited Investor 106

Accredited Investor Term Sheet Deal Flow .Net 106

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

She told me that most of her Limited Partners (investors in her fund) didn’t seem to care about the frequency of capital account statements. So, like any other engineering minded person would do, I decided to gather some data. Rather than just sharing it with her in email, I’m posting that data here for the benefit of all.

Management 90

Management Limited Partner .Net Finance 90

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

What will matter are: whether the people who invest in VC funds (LPs or Limited Partners) increase their activity and the performance of that actual fund. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

For example, our limited partners have major ownership interests in such companies as Adidas , LafargeHolcim (largest building materials manufacturer in the world), and SuperNAP International (developer of data center facilities worldwide; used by Amazon, Intel and Microsoft). For example, consider public relations.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. If you want the whole deck you can find it on SlideShare but I’ve written up a short summary with commentary below.

Venture Capital 292

Venture Capital IPO Mezzanine Early Stage 292

BeyondVC

JANUARY 5, 2022

We are truly to our founders, limited partners, co-investors, and friends for another year of growth and learning. With COVID raging at the beginning and end of the year, it is all the more amazing what our portfolio companies have accomplished the last twelve months. 1/ We started @boldstartvc in 2010 w/ $1m.

Stealth 78

Stealth Cofounder SQL Open Source 78

VC Adventure

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We strongly believe that fostering a mesh network model, which allows our network members to interact directly with one another, is the best way for all of us to learn, develop, and thrive together (vs the more traditional hub and spoke model that most firms end up falling into with partners as gatekeepers).

Networking 99

Networking Technical Review Hiring North America 99

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

David Teten

AUGUST 14, 2018

We’re talking with some of our limited partners about their hosting a true “entrepreneur in residence”. She would have no obligation to raise capital from the enterprise or partner in any way. The EIR’s newfound internal network can help her succeed in launching such a startup.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Limited Partner Portfolio Partner 60

David Teten

AUGUST 14, 2018

We’re talking with some of our limited partners about their hosting a true “entrepreneur in residence”. She would have no obligation to raise capital from the enterprise or partner in any way. The EIR’s newfound internal network can help her succeed in launching such a startup.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Limited Partner Portfolio Partner 60

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. Becoming a Limited Partner Investor in a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund. Joining an Angel Group.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

They, however, are both professional investors and technologists, and deeply networked into the core U.S. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. Becoming a Limited Partner Investor in a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund. Joining an Angel Group.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Haystack

JULY 3, 2019

All of the GPs are relatively young, have active yet non-overlapping networks, and can now apply the last 5 years of learnings into the next decades of investing. This isn’t the only example, of course, but it’s the most recent one and illustrates what the bar is for building a team of GPs and limited partners.

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Chad Cofounder Angel Groups Limited Partner 106

Pascal's View

MARCH 8, 2010

It’s that time of the year again– time to send out audited financial statements and K-1’s to your limited partners– which means it’s also a great time to address some of the common questions that investors raise about VC partnership governance and disclosure issues. entitled to receive from a VC fund?

Limited Partner 28

Limited Partner Government Delaware LP 28

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

GPs strategically invite trusted [Limited Partners and others] to co-invest, often based on the LP’s ability to add value or when the amount of capital required to complete an attractive transaction is larger than they are able to invest alone.”. 2) Investors with very specific value-add. Fundraising is burdensome.

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 21, 2016

Without a plan, without a network, without trust, without transparency, or a path to learning that doesn't mean you're an investor. If you're a VC, you should do whatever you can to make your limited partners feel like investors. Anyone can write a check--chasing the "hot" deal like a dog chases a car.

Due Diligence 102

Due Diligence Limited Partner Early Stage Networking 102

David Cohen

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

We became a Limited Partner in Project 11 when it launched and Katie continues to mentor at Techstars regularly. As you know, Techstars is for life and we are excited to strengthen the already strong ties between the Techstars global network and the amazing MIT network. Congratulations on the next chapter, Katie!

Engineer 53

Engineer Boston Incubator Limited Partner 53

Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

This is true not only in a firm’s dealings with entrepreneurs but also with it’s limited partners and even within the firm among its partners. A firm that’s continuously managed to look beyond it’s network has been Sequoia. Think Apple, Cisco, Yahoo!, Google, Dropbox, AirBnB.

Cofounder 193

Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. Particular application in impact capital.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Corporate VCs open the door to their parent companies and are well networked in their industries. Corporate VC networks extend beyond their own parent companies. Mari Holds a B.A. So how do you get a warm intro?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. I would say from the introduction here that you represent a personality that’s different from many other investors that are out there. Can you share more about why you take this approach? Why is that?

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

David Cohen

MARCH 7, 2012

The network of mentors, entrepreneurs, and investors around TechStars provide a tremendous number of unfair advantages to the startups that we fund, and helps them do more faster. I feel the same when I consider the list of Limited Partners who have put their faith in me and have provided capital to this new fund.

Startup 119

Startup Limited Partner Networking Internet 119

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

They are tech-enabled companies that provide high-yield investments for fund limited partners (LPs) that perform like bonds but generate returns on par with equity investments. Founders First Capital Partners defines these high performing organizations as Zebra Companies.”. Apply for funding.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60