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.

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LP Venture Capital Technical Review Nebraska 97

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

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. Network, network, network. Tell us your story.

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Founder Israel Miami Cofounder 91

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.

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LP Technical Review Silicon Valley Limited Partner 65

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

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.

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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.

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Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

Placement agents have to offer their investor network a range of funds to support themselves. Many VC LPs are investing not just for returns, but because they want to learn more about the space, get access to co-investment opportunities, network with disrupters, etc. Limited partner checklist for evaluating funds.

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Private Equity Technical Review Management LP 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.

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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

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. From a VC’s point of view there are two reasons for board meetings.

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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.

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Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Portfolio 54

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

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Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. We collect more data on an individual business than, to our knowledge, any other RBI investor, through our application process, data partners, and various public sources online. Bigfoot Capital.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

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. 3) Competitive Intensity - At both an individual partner and a firm level, great VCs find a way to retain an intense drive to win.

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Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. Startup companies inherently have no brand; we leverage our brand and networks to promote theirs. If you know someone offering these services today, and/or are interested in partnering with us to deliver them, please contact me. .

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Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). I believe great entrepreneurs do (and should) seek capital from VCs they think will be great long-term, value added investment partners.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. From a VC’s point of view there are two reasons for board meetings.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 273

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sentiment is strong in personal portfolios and up commensurately with VC’s expectations that their last fund will now be worth something (and along with that increase the partners’ personal wealth). Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” but I’ll save that for post 3/3). So eventually the money has to start flowing.

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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.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. I think there are some real virtues to that, however, when I talk to my business partner, Ishan [Sachdev], about it, I use a slightly different metaphor: I talk about Jiro [Ono], Nobu [Matsuhisa], and Benihana. On Sushi and VC. Why is that?

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

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. Jourdan Urbach, Managing Partner of Brandt & Co. I welcome suggestions.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds).

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Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

From the point of view of a limited partner, the great challenge is scaling the business. We provide hands-on support through our in-house operating team, plus a proprietary network of outside mentors who work with portfolio companies on an as-needed basis. They’re also inflation-hedged.

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Early Stage Private Equity Portfolio Aggregator 148

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.

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Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

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.

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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.

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Deal Flow Syndicate Syndication Cap Table 147

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

They provide additional value add in the form of coaching and mentorship, and most of all access to a network of other entrepreneurs and smart people – that to me is really the real value of being involved with an incubator / accelerator. They have 4-10 partners who are investing on their behalf. 1-2 per partner. Super Angel.

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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.

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Startup Limited Partner Networking Internet 119

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

Through connections, or through a chance meeting at a networking or social event, an angel investor hears the entrepreneur's story, likes them and their technology, and on the spot, writes a check to provide the company with its first outside financing. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

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 all have great networks, above market performance and some special sauce that sounds nice but you’re not 100% clear it makes sense as a way to boost returns or get access to deals.

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Accredited Investor Term Sheet Deal Flow .Net 106

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.

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Due Diligence Limited Partner Early Stage Networking 102

Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Their VC firm, In-Q-Tel , has been in business for 10 years, and like most VC firms they have an annual event where they show off their new portfolio companies to their limited partners and other VC partners. And I could have sworn they all had the same badge.)

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Silicon Valley Thailand RSS Venture Capital 270

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.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

When you''re out on the road pitching, and getting people to believe in you, you feel a deep sense of responsibility to your limited partners--and there isn''t a day when you don''t wonder why you didn''t just take some easy corporate job where no one would notice if you weren''t working productively.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Portfolio Private Equity 167