View from Seed

APRIL 14, 2020

This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. In a FOLD world, I think you’ll see a narrowing in strategy around their core.

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Early Stage Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence 374

thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

If there is an opportunity to bring in a syndicate partner that will add exponential value, it would be foolish to not include them. It is the downturns and bumps that separate the dedicated, long-term investors from passive ones — and entrepreneurs should keep this in mind as they build out their syndicates.

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Venture Capital Syndication Syndicate Bandwidth 78

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Their realm fits between crowdfunding and venture capital sources. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year.

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Accredited Investor Venture Capital Syndication Syndicate 265

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 3) Raise capital. 4) Originate investments. 6) Due diligence.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 3) Raise capital. 4) Originate investments. 6) Due diligence.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). larger check writers have a greater tendency to lead rounds).

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Syndication Syndicate Seed Stage Portfolio 207

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Their realm fits between crowdfunding and venture capital sources. contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year.

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Search Accredited Investor Angel Investor Venture Capital 317

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

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. FLEXIBLE VC VS. OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL MODELS.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

In turn, some funds have a more friendly posture towards us and try to structure deals that incentive syndicate investors in a way that doesn’t massively disadvantage the seed investors. If there are venture capital history books, NextView will be a minor mention in the chapter about the 2011-2021 era. Then Doordash.

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Dilution Later Stage Portfolio Technical Review 399

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. We ended up agreeing a term sheet for $16.5 Yes, this was stupid.

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Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Solicit venture capital investors. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local angel investor groups.

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Equity Startup Small Business Administration SBA 266

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Solicit venture capital investors. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local angel investor groups.

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Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndication 436

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What are your predictions for the road ahead.

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Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

And the beneath-the-surface rumblings were about how it was screwing up the venture capital business model. VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars. No, I don’t have data.

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Disintermediation Venture Capital Angel Investor Seed Stage 66

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns).

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

David Teten

MAY 15, 2019

The post Invite to PEVCTech June 17 Event: Private Markets Syndication Solutions appeared first on David Teten. Who: Members of PEVCTech.com, specifically investors in private companies who want to use technology to make better investments. If this was helpful to you, please sign up for my newsletter.

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Syndication Syndicate Private Equity Marketing 60

SiliconHills

AUGUST 25, 2015

Able, a non-bank commercial lender, Tuesday announced it has closed on $6 million in venture capital and plans to expand its services nationwide. Blumberg Capital and RPM Ventures led the round with participation from Peterson Partners and Expansion Ventures AngelList Syndicate.

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Venture Capital Syndication Syndicate Austin 48

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

It''s also not the best way to create a helpful syndicate of investors that share the founder''s vision for the company. Venture Capital & Technology' Theoretically, someone could meet you, sign your document, and write you a check for deposit that day, but that''s not how it usually works.

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Venture Capital Syndication Syndicate Founder 167

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. This is primarily an advantage for the underlying investor in the company, not the VC leading the syndicate. . Market Insight. Alpha pursues a similar model. Cross-posted on PEHub.

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Syndication Syndicate Institutional Investors LP 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndication 240

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When he had his prototype solution for DataSift and had secured re-syndication rights (the rights to resell Twitter data – which only 3 companies ever had) I knew I wanted to work with him. We kept meeting at conferences over the next 18 months and he kept showing me what he was working on.

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Founder CTO Hire Silicon Valley Leadership 309

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

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Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

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. . Fund/SPV management services specifically are provided by Assure Services and Proteus Capital. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community.

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Entrepreneur Startup Non-Compete Balance Sheet 210

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

In a world without cookies, we’ll see smart alternatives to targeting that avoid cookies altogether: contextual targeting, time-based targeting, and using syndicated and custom audiences, according to the 2021 media trends and predictions by Kantar.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. million led by Greycroft Partners and BV Capital.

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Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndication 74

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week. Calpers, eVrit, Matomy, Fribiz, eType, Venture capital in Israel, Consumer confidence in Israel, Israeli incubators, venture capital performance. The premise of the site is to reward users with real products for interactions on the site.

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Israel South Africa Product Incubator 90

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Instead of arguing why Dallas might be better than Houston we should be talking about how we can work together to get our share of venture capital dollars more in line with our population size and startup activity by unlocking additional capital sources that have been previously inaccessible to tech.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 25, 2010

They also couldn’t have asked for a better syndicate of investors. Both groups signed up for the deal, as did Lerer Media Ventures, and several other prominent angels—including Josh Stylman and Pete Hershberg, who backed my previous company. The next two should get announced in a couple of weeks.

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Part-Time VPE New York City SMS Syndication 109

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2024

You can also consider doing syndication, much like how real estate syndicators make money where they pool their resources in order to allow investors to access larger and more profitable deals than they could alone. Entrepreneurs too can emerge victorious in their quest for investment, emerging wiser and stronger on the other side.

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Due Diligence Angel Investor Syndication Syndicate 126

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Earlier in the morning I read Jason’s post on LinkedIn titled The Great Venture Capital Rotation. I think it was originally titled “The End of Venture Capital Sort Of” (based on the URL). So I dove in and joined a few syndicates on AngelList, including Jason’s , Dave Morin , and Naval’s.

Syndication 125

Syndication Syndicate Venture Capital Chicago 125

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

I happen to be fascinated by the history of the VC industry, and one of the things we discussed at a recent offsite are the common threads behind the rise and fall of great venture capital firms. But we strive and aspire to build a firm that will excel and be around for awhile. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. Consider the following two portfolios: You have $500,000 that you want to put to work in venture capital over the next three years. In fact, that number is probably even more than the average VC fund has the bandwidth to make.

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Portfolio Syndication Syndicate Deal Flow 134

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Cofounder Syndication Syndicate 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Solicit venture capital investors. Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Apply to local angel investor groups.

Entrepreneur 240

Entrepreneur Equity Small Business Administration SBA 240

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 10, 2022

Sometimes, given your syndicate configuration, you have no choice but to take structure in a new round. and a bunch of other things. But if you can do a clean financing at a lower price, I always think that’s a better option for everyone (founders, employees, and existing investors.).

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Down Round Ratchet Liquidation Preference Participating Preferred 162