David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. At Versatile VC , our new VC fund, we’re creating an online community just for founders who are in transition, Founders’ Next Move. Talk with VCs in your space. Many VCs keep a list of ideas they think have high potential. Work as a VC Scout.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Triet co-founded Cheese Plug, an on-demand charcuterie board delivery service, applying lessons learned from the tech space to enhance convenience and affordability in the catering business. How did you break into tech investing? Breaking into venture capital has been a remarkable and challenging journey.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2019

The Fantasy Cash Flow Model When I was an analyst at the General Motors pension fund, investing in VC funds, I had to build a model of how I thought they would perform. It started out with initial investment size, pricing, and outcome behavior for each deal and then it made a prediction around the distribution of outcomes.

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

DC Finance is one of the oldest and largest family office networks. This is a rare opportunity to learn more about the family office world, as well as about Versatile VC. This is a rare opportunity to learn more about the family office world, as well as about Versatile VC. I hope you’ll join us! .

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

It also provides us a “big board” capability where we can get an overview of a meeting. Below is a screenshot of an AngelSurvey big board from one of our recent meetings. Q: Managing the subscription process for angels can be tricky. Versatile VC uses FlowInc , in which I’m an investor.)

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

DC Finance is one of the oldest and largest family office networks. This is a rare opportunity to learn more about the family office world, as well as about Versatile VC. As a member of the board of Clearwater Management Company, he oversaw the family-sponsored investment vehicles. He graduated from Yale and Wharton.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). Short answer: no.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Delio built a ESG focused direct private investment platform for Barclays’ wealth management division, for example.” Note that I specifically am excluding from this analysis the firms that help investors access investment funds, e.g., CAIS , Context365 , iCapital Network , OurCrowd , Palico , PrimeAlpha , Trusted Insight.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. With a little patience, forethought, and strategy, you can avoid angel burnout. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. 3) Start with funds.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. It’s funny how things have changed since then.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

Both angel group portfolios offer statistically significant sample sizes, and three previous large studies by Professor Rob Wiltbank also showed IRR’s in a similar range: 27% ( 2007 study ), 22% ( 2009 study ) and 22% ( 2016 study ). John Harbison , Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and ACA Board Member.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

When I decided that I wanted to get into VC, it was obvious that Founders Fund was the top option for me to explore.’ ”. He was about to board a plane but we did manage this quick Q&A: TC: When exactly did you leave Brex? You told Forbes that you had decided to go into full-time startup investing earlier this year.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Angel investment groups or funds. First, angel investment groups and organized angel funds come in all sizes from a few organized angels to large groups of four hundred or more. There are other classes of equity investors for small or early stage businesses that we have not yet considered.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

Today, my best advice is to be prepared, and when things get tough, for founders, boards and comms teams to take a deep breath and not overreact (I could write a whole blog post on this). HW: You recently launched Coalition Operators, a venture firm + operator/advisor network to really help startups with more than just capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

That kicked off a story that would take them up to two consecutive Zagat #1 ice cream in NYC ratings, the Food Network calling them the #1 ice cream shop in the country, and a prime spot on Oprah's List of Favorite Things. That story actually begins about eleven or twelve years ago, with a little bit of VC mentoring.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Not to mention they have the highest profile VC / blogger Fred Wilson of AVC. A few key people really can make a huge difference.&#.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

As startups pass through each stage, they must attract appropriate financial partners that can provide the increasing credibility, capital, and industry networks to support movement to the next stage. VC money, for example, usually comes with high expectations of milestones met, board seats, and dominant control.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

If you walk around to a bunch of board rooms, or I’m in a bunch of angel investments, and I think “pipeline” is the word of the year. I’m sure you’ll ask me about AI or you’ll have your VC card revoked, right? I’m going to wrap it and I don’t want to get my VC card revoked.

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