Remove angel investing Remove board Remove financing Remove VC
article thumbnail

How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm

TechCrunch

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. What are the ‘jobs to be done’ of an investment manager? The macro trends forcing change on the investment management industry. Versatile VC runs a no-cost community for founders in transition, “ Founders’ Next Move.”

VC 93
article thumbnail

Angel Investing – The Most Underrated Skill: Access to Buyers

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard for me to imagine that angel investing outcomes judged 10 years from now will have a drastically different profile. The best angels or angel funds will do tremendously well. We talked about her desire to sell the company for personal reasons rather than raise a large round of VC. Ultimately Yahoo!

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Microcredentials for the effective VC or private equity investor

David Teten VC

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. VC ASSOCIATIONS. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. VCs who care. ACCELERATORS FOR EMERGING VCs. VentureForward (NVCA), includes list of all VC organizations focused on diversity. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg.

VC 83
article thumbnail

TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 VC predictions, how to hook an angel, product advisory councils

TechCrunch

“If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

VC 80
article thumbnail

Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC?

investing 328
article thumbnail

Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors.

financing 286
article thumbnail

This fintech-focused VC firm just closed a $75 million debut fund; backers “came out of the woodwork”

TechCrunch

Still, Sheel Mohnot, who was formerly a general partner at the fintech fund of 500 Startups, and Jake Gibson, co-founder of personal finance startup NerdWallet, were a little taken aback by investor interest in their fintech-focused early-stage venture firm, Better Tomorrow Ventures , or BTV. TC: What companies are in BTV’s portfolio?

VC 145