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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share

TechCrunch

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. More posts by this contributor. Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability. Jamie Finney.

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AngelList just closed a $25M fund to back startups based on hiring velocity

TechCrunch

Over the past year, AngelList has grown from a platform that connects angel investors with startups to an end-to-end suite of tools, working on everything from fund operations to founder cap table management. The signal strips out factors like investor bias, the founder’s networks and even buzzy valuations. “I

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

To help our founders in transition , some of which are interested in becoming scouts. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc. Monetizing our deal flow. We list all of them below. HOW TO GET A SCOUT ROLE.

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

Being an effective founder means questioning current paradigms, asking ‘Is there a better way to do this—and am I the person to do it?’ That line of questioning led Mittal and co-founder Boris Silver to build FundersClub in the way they did.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog.

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Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy

TechCrunch

I did reach out to Wealthfront for comment and a spokesperson told me: “We unfortunately can’t discuss more than what’s been shared publicly in our blog or by UBS via their press release.”. I have heard through the (very reliable) grapevine that Wealthfront’s cash account brought in over $1 billion in the month of August alone.

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Newsletter: Checkout-free shopping + Israel’s startups under fire

OurCrowd

Read what happened next with those early OurCrowd funders in my ‘Investors on the Frontlines’ column on LinkedIn and The Times of Israel. We are excited to bring this disruptive solution to the Wi-Fi industry,” says Gilad Rozen, CEO and Founder of Celeno. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved.

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