thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

However, the reality is that I am building a portfolio of investments and, like Brad, I believe in being an active and helpful investor. If there is an opportunity to bring in a syndicate partner that will add exponential value, it would be foolish to not include them. This takes a lot of time.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Syndication Syndicate Bandwidth 78

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

I enjoyed giving a short interview on BBC radio the following morning, after which a dozen Halo members participated in a workshop I led on portfolio strategy and post-investment relationships. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts).

Community 121

Community Estonia Ireland Finland 121

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

2) Users Drive Enterprise Tech Adoption – Historically centralized IT departments drove adoption of technology within businesses large and small, but today user-level adoption is the norm. The lessons learned from consumer Web 2.0 companies on user acquisition are increasingly being applied to SaaS companies.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Everyone can take advantage of an excellent investment vehicle: mutual funds — the best of which offer you diversification, which reduces your risk, and low-cost access to highly diversified portfolios and professional money managers, who can boost your returns with less risk. Avoid extreme changes that won’t last.

Finance 157

Finance Technical Review Cost Syndication 157

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 9) Accelerate portfolio company value. 10) Time, market, and exit investment. See my overview of sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence. See How to Judge Investment Pitches.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 9) Accelerate portfolio company value. 10) Time, market, and exit investment. See my overview of sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence. See How to Judge Investment Pitches.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

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. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Main July 11, 2007 The Different CTO Roles I was putting together a short panel presentation on the roleof a Chief Technology Officer in corporate innovation and I once again realized that there is quite a bit of confusion around the role of the CTO. My job at Microsoft is to worry about technology in thefuture.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndication Syndicate 40

Haystack

DECEMBER 27, 2018

About a year ago, I tracked down a VC who gave a talk I heard about where he referenced the phrase “Your portfolio is your path,” it stuck out in my mind because amid all the noise, it was simple, brief, and yet still open to interpretation. “Your portfolio is your path.” The portfolio is, indeed, your path.

Portfolio 118

Portfolio Syndication Syndicate Flash 118

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. Our focus is on sharing information on technologies and systems that make investing in private companies more efficient and effective. . Tech stack. Crunchbase.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

– A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund. which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am pleased to announce the formation of K9 Ventures II, L.P.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

– A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund. which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am pleased to announce the formation of K9 Ventures II, L.P.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Technology-centric businesses.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Agile VC

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In addition, investing in startup tech companies turns out to provide only a modest level of diversification… angel investments tend to form a high beta portfolio, with reasonably close correlations to public equity markets. totally passive strategy won’t teach you much). totally passive strategy won’t teach you much).

Angel Investor 265

Angel Investor Early Stage Syndication Syndicate 265

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Portfolio. (3). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Simply by replacing the traditional spoon with a 7g measuring spoon we could save more than 50% of the parmesan or close to $40k. anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2014

There are a few obvious investors with great track records of repeat success, but when''s the last time you really tried to value an investor''s portfolio. Would the entrepreneur enthusiastically include them in the syndicate of their next venture? Venture Capital & Technology' The same goes for investors. How long ago?

Syndication 135

Syndication Syndicate Venture Capital Valuation 135

David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. I regularly meet with other VCs, and based on their criteria, I share with them whichever portfolio companies fit their areas of interest. . Subject line: Relevant Portfolio Companies . name], I enjoyed our conversation.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Elevator Pitch Syndication Syndicate 60

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

You're going to want syndication partners on the deals you find and sounding boards on the thesis behind each of your potential investments. Other angels are a source of dealflow and can be leads to the kind of talent your portfolio needs to hire to be successful. 2) Network with as many other angel investors as possible.

Angel Investor 123

Angel Investor Syndication Syndicate Portfolio 123

Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

The more I discover about going beyond just writing checks into startups — concepts like portfolio construction, cross-fund management, and new fund formation — the more I realize how critical the parlay is. Let’s focus on the noun first. And naturally, I started to see patterns in the startup ecosystem.

Portfolio 111

Portfolio Syndication Syndicate Stock 111

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. And if you don’t hit one or two right, you end up with a mediocre portfolio. You lose way more than you win. You wait the longest for liquidity.

Seed Stage 108

Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

 We had an engaging and candid conversation, which included fielding questions from audience members including  Laurie Yoler, Managing Director of GrowthPoint Technology Partners. 38in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;vertical-align:baseline; mso-line-break-override:none;punctuation-wrap:hanging">.

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Vertical Syndication Syndicate Forecast 28

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

This is a relatively new term loosely applied to angels who invest their own money in a portfolio of startups (typically 20 or more) and are willing to lead multiple rounds, usually starting with a seed round. million and is normally syndicated from one to three institutional seed investors or larger VC funds.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Finance Early Stage Startup 120

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 1, 2013

On top of that, I am building a portfolio--and I plan to be a long term investor in the asset class. This current indecisiveness in our investor community is leading to party rounds, lower quality syndicates, and lots of founder time wasted. Venture Capital & Technology'

Syndication 112

Syndication Syndicate Venture Capital Portfolio 112

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is why I’ve made a habit of profiling our portfolio quantitatively and why we write summaries announcing pretty much all of our new investments. So, here is our annual quantitative summary of our portfolio. A Stroll Through Our Portfolio. Syndicate Composition: NextView + Seed Funds + Angels: 9. Commerce: 5.

Portfolio 49

Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

The R&D center, which will be located in Haifa, will engage in research in water technologies, renewable energy and medical devices. The research team will focus on renewable energy, energy storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency technologies. will acquire MediaMind Technologies Inc. for about $418 million.

Israel 90

Israel Balance Sheet Acquisition Africa 90

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 8, 2015

To date, I''ve backed three fashion related companies--Refinery29, chloe + isabel, and Ringly--and now I have the pleasure of joining the syndicate of investors in Bradford Shellhammer ''s new company, Bezar. Could I a less likely candidate for such a portfolio? :). Venture Capital & Technology'

Syndication 60

Syndication Syndicate Venture Capital Portfolio 60

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2013

As an aside, B2B companies, and in particular B2B technology companies, tend to be the most progressive in content marketing for demand generation. For content distribution, use a combination of email, social media, SEO, PPC, content syndication, trade shows, sales reps, PR, and partners.

Demand 77

Demand Tampa Marketing B2B 77

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

It’s been a yearly tradition for me to share a semi-quantitative view into our portfolio at NextView. Three years ago, I published our first “Stroll through the portfolio” and I’ve published updates each year in January. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. Traction in Ad Tech Portfolio.

Syndication 45

Syndication Syndicate Portfolio Advertising 45

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

It accurately points out that, when it comes to IPOs, many venture capitalists have mistakenly defaulted to choosing the large investment banks (such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse) as lead underwriters for their portfolio companies.

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 30, 2012

They are anxious for extra money, are usually up on the latest technology, and are flexible with their time. Thanks to Kenny Jahng of Big Click Syndicate LLC. Your Hired! When a student is still in school, they are anxious to gain experience and show their abilities. The perfect way to find a great recruit. Customers Know Best.

Employee 144

Employee LLC Non-Compete Utah 144

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Syndicate Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for specific opportunities.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Transformify

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Are the job listings syndicated with external job boards? Usually, some job listings are syndicated for free and receive limited traffic, while others are syndicated at a fee and receive much more targeted traffic. There are also ATS providers that do not syndicate job listings with external job boards at all.

Hiring 95

Hiring Syndication Syndicate Social Media 95

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In fact, I’ve seen this happen over and over with my portfolio companies who have pedigree – even with the teams that are not able to execute well! Just a couple of years ago, AngelList announced their syndicate feature. But syndicates are logistically challenging. But, I’m optimistic the world is changing.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Syndication Syndicate Early Stage 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In fact, I’ve seen this happen over and over with my portfolio companies who have pedigree – even with the teams that are not able to execute well! Just a couple of years ago, AngelList announced their syndicate feature. But syndicates are logistically challenging. But, I’m optimistic the world is changing.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Syndication Syndicate Angel Investor 48