Our Investment Framework Post-COVID-19
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A framework to think about pricing seed, angel, and venture capital rounds
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MAY 17, 2012
2) Supply and demand of capital willing to invest in your company. It seems to me that the most important factor in pricing your round isn't your progress or your idea. It seems to come down to two things: 1) How much do you want to raise? The second is pretty obvious, but what about the first?
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My Role as a VC: What I am and what I am not.
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JULY 16, 2014
There''s been some writing about how VCs and founders interact with each other and it inspired me to take a step back and reflect on what my role is supposed to be with regards to the investments I make and the founders I deal with. Venture Capital & Technology' Here''s what I came up with. I am not an expert.
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5 Innovative Fundraising Methods for Emerging Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds
David Teten VC
MAY 26, 2021
How do you raise money for your venture capital or private equity fund from family offices and high net worths? . I see five innovative new methods for raising capital which emerging managers such as Versatile VC are using, which I’ve ranked in roughly descending order of popularity: .
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Revolution Growth’s Latest Investment in Healthcare and AI: Pathos, the Company Re-Engineering the…
Revolution
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Revolution Growth’s Latest Investment in Healthcare and AI: Pathos, the Company Re-Engineering the Drug Development Process The oversubscribed $62M Series C will be used to expand the team, accelerate platform development, and advance its clinical-stage pipeline of precision oncology therapeutics.
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Careers in Tech Startups & Innovation: What will I learn?
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NOVEMBER 30, 2011
You can have a pretty nice life that way if you're willing to make the upfront investment in learning a craft and working hard to be the best. I've had the privilege of working not only for investors like Josh Kopelman and Fred Wilson, but for an institutional LP that had been invested in venture capital since 1980.
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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 29, 2012
And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. I’ve laid out my policy on seed investing pretty clearly and publicly.
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Everything I didn’t learn about startups as a VC (…or why VCs don’t make good entrepreneurs)
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MARCH 13, 2010
Many entrepreneurs turned VCs wind up going back, but to start out on the investment side and then successfully launch a company seems to happen much less frequently. 4) Product management is the most underappreciated focus of venture capitalists—and it’s something I should have made more of a priority as an entrepreneur.
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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2010
The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. It is not a beach novel to be sure.
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Why Docracy is the Most Revolutionary Company of Our Time
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Note: I led First Round's investment in Docracy in 2011, but I do not have any financial ties to the company and will not benefit or suffer, other than emotionally, based on the outcome of that investment. This is how software used to get developed.
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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit
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NOVEMBER 28, 2023
In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.
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Is Strategic Money an Oxymoron?
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 3, 2009
This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. But the venture guys don’t make the calls on what the product / business guys do.
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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund
David Teten VC
APRIL 1, 2021
Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. The popularity of the model can be judged by the fact that the U.S. Organize events in your vertical.
What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Let’s set up a framework. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). A Framework to Guide You: So putting it all together, you should always be mindful of your personal circumstances and market conditions.
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Building Scalable Startups: Strategies for Long-Term Growth
American Entrepreneurship
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
A scalable business model refers to a framework that enables a company to increase revenue without a proportionate increase in operational costs. Invest in research to better understand your market and customers, and make sure your business is adaptable enough to respond to evolving demands. What Is a Scalable Business Model?
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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
Ian Hathaway
MARCH 31, 2020
Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.
This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club
TechCrunch
AUGUST 25, 2022
In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included. million seed funding round led by Initialized Capital, with investments from GSR, NEA and Canaan.
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How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 24, 2018
Some firms are trickier since they artificially call everybody “partner” but they’re not all “investment partners.” Find a portfolio company or two that they’ve invested in. How does the partnership typically make its final investment decisions? It’s pretty easy since nearly every VC lists its partners on the website.
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Japanese Regulator Plans to Double Crowdfunding Investment Cap for Retail Investors
AsiaTechDaily
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Register Japan’s Financial Services Agency plans to double the cap on the amount of money retail investors can invest in unlisted startups. At present, through crowdfunding, retail investors have a limitation of investing a maximum of 500,000 yen annually in individual unlisted startups.
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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software. If you want to go into investment banking above a certain level you’ll need one.
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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control
David Teten VC
AUGUST 19, 2019
A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. So what is Revenue Based Investing?
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What's your hero story?
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OCTOBER 16, 2012
They're often doing a startup because that's what it seems smart people do these days--like the same way the best people piled into investment banking or consulting years ago. Stories create a construct-a framework to make sure we've accounted for all the parts. I was watching a legendary story in the making.
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How Many Investors are Too Many?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. So why else would they invest if not as an option to re-up in the next round? These are all dumb reason to invest – of course. I love that. And it’s kind of true.
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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund
David Teten VC
APRIL 1, 2021
Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. The popularity of the model can be judged by the fact that the U.S. Organize events in your vertical.
4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
They deliberately are not investment bankers or accountants because they do not want to constantly pour over endless spreadsheets or dive deep into financial models. Make your pitch tailored to what excites venture capital investors and avoid what does not. Early-stage investors are in the business of funding dreams.
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5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in VC
Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 2, 2021
5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in Venture Capital It’s time to tear open the seemingly impenetrable ‘old boys’ network It’s no secret that founders seek out investors who value diversity and recognize the success that comes from having diverse teams. However, the question of how to make this a reality remains unanswered.
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Uniqus Consultech raises $12.5M to invest in technology, scale business operations
AsiaTechDaily
DECEMBER 19, 2022
intends to use the funding to investment in technology and scale its business operations and teams in the United States, India and the Middle East. The founding round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, a leading Silicon Valley-India venture capital firm. Uniqus Consultech Inc. The post Uniqus Consultech raises $12.5M
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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments
David Teten VC
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. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback.
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95 “One Thing You Wish People Better Understood About Venture Capital” – Part V, featuring Ethan Kurzweil, Lily Lyman, Ashley Mayer, and Leshika Samarasinghe.
Hunter Walk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. One thing I wish people better understood is that venture not only requires conviction in founders, businesses, and markets, but it also requires conviction in a point of view in firm-building.
Japan’s EdgeCortix Closes $20 Million Funding Round, Collaborates with Renesas Electronics
AsiaTechDaily
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Leading this financing endeavor were Japan’s venture capital firm, SBI Investment Co. and Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC), a collaborative venture capital entity with a track record of successful semiconductor investments that span the Japan-United States nexus.
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Urban Innovation Fund, VMG Catalyst among female-led firms raising new funds
TechCrunch
AUGUST 11, 2022
Venture capital firms continue to raise new funds, at what seems like lightning speed. As the name suggests, Urban Innovation Fund invests in companies building technology to shape the future of cities, while VMG targets commerce. We can do all of our late-stage follow-on investing through the new vehicle.”.
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Digital asset exchange DigiFT scores $10.5m in Shanda-led funding
AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
million in its pre-Series A funding round, led by Shanda Group, a global privately-owned investment group founded by Chinese online entertainment pioneer Tianqiao Chen and family in 1999. As a key international financial hub, Singapore boasts a robust legal framework and government support for tokenization with blockchain technology.
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H Twenty Capital aims to be ‘go-to fund for pre-seed investments’ in Latin America
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Venture firms in those countries are also raising funds; for example, this month, Colombia-based Marathon Ventures announced its first fund of $26 million. It also invested in Brazilian social grocery commerce company Favo , which raised a $26.5
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Sequoia backs open source data-validation framework Pydantic to commercialize with cloud services
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Pydantic , the popular Python library and open source data-validation framework used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has a new commercial namesake and the backing of one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital (VC) firms. Pydantic Services Inc. emerges from stealth today with $4.7 and Europe.
Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments
David Teten VC
DECEMBER 4, 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. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. 4) Originate investments. 1) Manage the firm .
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Founders Fund backs Vest, a startup out to give Latin Americans a bridge to investing in the US stock market
TechCrunch
JANUARY 26, 2022
Latin Americans seeking the ability to invest in companies trading on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange now have a new option in Vest, a startup that has launched a mobile-first brokerage app with zero-commission trading in the Americas. Financial services for investing and cash management in the U.S. Image Credits: Vest.
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Fundamentally altering antitrust laws will harm US startups and slow the economy
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association. At the beginning, young businesses use capital from friends, family or even outside investors to help them get started. Those that do succeed graduate to other levels of financing, including angel or venture capital. Contributor.
The Science of Success: Creative Venture’s Alex Luce’s Unconventional Path of Impact
AsiaTechDaily
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Register The intersection of science and venture capital can do wonders and uncover a champion in a city like Silicon Valley. In the epicenter of tech, where innovation thrives, Alex Luce bridges materials science and venture capital, carving a niche as a Partner at Creative Ventures.
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AHG Lab Secures $4M in Funding to Boost Philippine Startups
AsiaTechDaily
AUGUST 11, 2023
Register AHG Lab , an independent venture builder based in the Philippines, has successfully raised $4 million in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its portfolio of ventures and programs. million in its seed round in 2021, with support from Philippine’s venture capital investor Foxmont Capital Partners.
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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Singh Cassidy, founder of premium talent marketplace theBoardlist, will discuss making the leap into entrepreneurship after leaving Google, her time as CEO-in-Residence at venture capital firm Accel Partners and the framework she’s developed for taking career risks. We simply must take the time to get to know founders.”.
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Breaking Barriers: Japan’s Startups Embrace Cryptocurrency Capital
AsiaTechDaily
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Register Japan has relaxed regulations to permit startups to raise investment funds through cryptocurrencies. With this, the Japanese government now allows startups the flexibility to secure capital using crypto assets in addition to conventional stocks. Japan’s Five-Year Development Strategy unveils KANSAI Startup Night Vol.
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Japan Launches Silicon Valley Hub for Startups: Innovation Campus in Palo Alto
AsiaTechDaily
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The strategic location aims to facilitate collaboration with local entities such as companies, venture capital firms, and research institutions. Around 50 venture capital and other companies will also utilize the coworking space within the facility.
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Why the startup sector should keep its eye on the SEC
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2023
Three key areas of proposed intervention by the SEC offer examples of why the venture community should be paying attention: Increasing barriers to capital for companies and funds Public and private markets are regulated differently by design. Consequently, they are seen as riskier than investing in real estate or the public markets.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. Watching him develop over the past 4.5 Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate.
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