The VC Stack Makeover: What Today's Funds Need - Webinar
The Seraf Compass
JULY 21, 2025
For an industry built on innovation, our infrastructure has lagged behind.
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The Seraf Compass
JULY 21, 2025
For an industry built on innovation, our infrastructure has lagged behind.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 2, 2025
How do you get 150+ VCs to show up for something? nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Last year, over 150 VCs participated and were looking forward to having even more. No VC on the face of the earth has a magical Good Deals Only stream of opportunities.
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Founder Bounty
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Time and time again i hear about founders that have bigger egos then anything else rejecting offers from top tier VC's (like YC ) and eventually leading thier companies to fail. If you do get and offer from top US VC's take them, dont be greedy and stay humble. Dont have a big ego.
American Entrepreneurship
MAY 21, 2025
Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape. Thats what we bring. Its Fund I (20222025) already shows 0.3x
American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 19, 2025
New multi-strategy venture fund addresses capital alignment challenges with equity and credit options tailored for scaling companies in regulated industries. Lioncrest Ventures has officially launched with the debut of a $100 million multi-strategy investment platform designed to support growth-stage technology companies.
Hunter Walk
APRIL 21, 2025
I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). But I’ve also seen a few change quite dramatically based upon the progressing ‘game on the field’ and my own VC experiences.
American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 31, 2025
Backing from Industry Leaders Thre shold Ventures led the Series B round with participation from Avenir Ventures, BAM Ventures, and existing investors Spark Capital, Zetta Venture Partners, and Pillar VC. We invest in technology companies that can transform healthcare delivery.
StartupNation
JUNE 4, 2025
I’ll never forget presenting to a particularly skeptical VC who kept questioning our projections. For example, during a pitch to a major venture capital firm, one partner was particularly intrigued by our customer acquisition costs.
NZ Entrepreneur
MARCH 16, 2025
Over time, the co-working space developed and there was a natural progression towards a lot of individuals starting new ventures coming out of that space. So it’s much less about raising capital, it’s much more about business fundamentals. Topics that are important have really emerged from past events.
StartupNation
JULY 17, 2025
Venture Capital (VC) If rapid scaling is one of your financial goals, venture capital might be the right choice. Grants and Crowdfunding “Non-dilutive” funding sources, like grants or crowdfunding, help you raise capital without giving away ownership. Raise business capital of $100K to $100M.
David Teten VC
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
At Coolwater Capital , the Y Combinator for VC funds, we assess this as part of our diligence process. Brian Cohen, Chairman, Six Point Ventures, observed, Multiple partners with different primary skill sets are mandatory. Ideally, the fund will have a public statement of culture (see, e.g., Antler , Interlace Ventures ).
Founder Bounty
JULY 25, 2025
If you scan LinkedIn you may be able to see the amount of VC's that have little to no startup experience. I am a VC scout, but have not been approched by the silicon valley VC's for a full time position. So VC roles are more about connections than anything else. But why is this?
Revolution
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Headwinds Liquidity crunch: While venture-backed IPOs ticked up in 2024 , public market entrances still fell short of expectations and historical levels. With scarcer exit opportunities and LPs looking for returns, VCs may retreat further to perceived safety in traditional techhubs. Heres where we think a few scales are poised totip.
David Teten VC
MARCH 31, 2025
They also have previous venture experience: Jason was a Partner at Peak State Ventures and Tara was a Partner at Initialized. Following our investments, our four portfolio companies raised $34M more in Tier 1 capital at an average 1.5x We have over 150 Y Combinator alumni as actively engaged LPs. higher valuation cap.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
In 2015, a then 18-year-old Harry Stebbings launched The Twenty Minute VC from his bedroom in London. No background in venture capital. Harry wanted to learn about venture capitalhow investors think, what makes a great startup, why some bets pay off while others flop. No industry connections. No podcasting experience.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Some businesses just can’t fit within the angel capital or friends and family model for raising funds. Sooner or later, you may need to seek venture capital and accommodate the needs of the venture community in negotiating the terms of an investment.
Hunter Walk
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
This one is “what advice do you have for someone who is a new VC analyst or wants to join a firm at that level?” ” If you’re joining a venture capital firm as a junior professional I’d recommend against being a generalist, or trying to get good at everything. Good luck!
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 3, 2025
Singapore’s state-owned investment firm Temasek is significantly pulling back from early-stage startup investments, shifting toward a more cautious strategy amid rising interest rates and past high-profile losses. The fund’s exposure […]
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 23, 2025
Malaysia has rolled out new tax incentives to attract more investment into its venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors to deepen the funding pool for local startups. Second […]
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Is your firm feeling like Two VCs enter, one must leave given the limited number of partnership slots? Join us for an educational VC panel in NYC! Success Breeds More Opportunity Heres a hill that Ill die on as well: Your venture career is better off if you're working alongside the best possible people.
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 13, 2025
Eight Roads, a US venture capital firm backed by Fidelity Investments, is preparing to sell its stakes in around 40 Chinese tech startups, according to a Bloomberg report. The planned […]
Hunter Walk
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Here’s why: It used to be that all venture investors had largely the same goals and incentives, up until maybe the growth round pre-IPO. Now even the Series A investor is often playing a different game than the seed VCs. More companies should go public earlier but that’s a different post).
AsiaTechDaily
MAY 20, 2025
Singapore-based early-stage investment firm Investigate VC has announced the launch of its new global fund series, Fund 2 (I–III), with a target of raising over $500 million in assets under […]
American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 24, 2025
Superconducting Compute Platform Unlocks Ultra-Efficient, High-Performance Infrastructure for Next-Gen Workloads A bold new entrant in the compute infrastructure landscape, Snowcap Compute has officially launched with $23 million in seed funding led by Playground Global, alongside participation from Cambium Capital and Vsquared Ventures.
David Teten VC
APRIL 16, 2025
Download here our Template General Partner Entity Agreement for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund. Thanks to my coauthor Dolph M. Hellman, Esq.
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 27, 2025
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have entered into a new partnership aimed at boosting venture capital investment across emerging markets in Asia. […]
David Teten VC
MAY 11, 2025
We finished publishing in OpenVC and here our series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund. Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data Ownership. Everything to consider to set up your firm for success.
David Teten VC
JULY 7, 2025
Kudos to ffVC portfolio company Movable Ink and CEO Vivek Sharma! STG, a software-focused private equity firm, has announced they’re acquiring Movable Ink. My old firm, ffVC, invested when Movable Ink was a seed-stage company.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Upfront Ventures was created 20 years ago as one of the original VC funds in Los Angeles. 10 years ago we found ourselves trying to persuade LPs and VCs that it was worth spending more time getting to know the LA market and now the most common refrain that I hear from them is “there really is something going on in LA.”
Founder Bounty
APRIL 20, 2025
Getting into VC is very very difficult. This story is a case of 2 of the exact same profile of people, one with and one without operating experience getting into VC both who had worked in investment banking but one of which got an offer from a top tier VC and the other didnt. Which investors make the best VC's?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 24, 2021
Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all. My first ever investment as a VC was Invoca. The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all.
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 16, 2014
They count on me to be a good steward of their capital, and to take reasonable and appropriate risk with the expectation of a certain level of returns. That also means that I need to act in a way that ensures my ability to get future opportunities to invest their capital in attractive deals. Venture Capital & Technology'
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 6, 2020
But I have been in close contact with the NVCA, many of the major law firms and many of the major VC firms. If your US-based business is adversely affected by Covid-19 such that you would need to lay off employees imminently and having access to capital would enable you to keep more employees on the payroll then you might be eligible.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 3, 2016
That was a question posed to me by a new analyst at a venture capital fund. While there are lots and lots of really kind, generous people working in venture capital--the recently retired Howard Morgan, Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, and Karin Klein for example--it's really tough to argue that there isn't widespread jerkery.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JUNE 1, 2021
But until very recently, raising capital for your startup was significantly easier if it was located in the major startup hubs, most notably Silicon Valley. It takes a long time, at least five years and more likely a decade, to know how changes in the startup economy and venture capital will play out.
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. But just because you could see them everywhere doesn't make them an obvious venture bet--nor does it tell the story of how the round even came to be.
Dream It
MARCH 6, 2020
Jeff Berman is General Partner at Camber Creek , one of the first venture funds dedicated to real estate technology and the built world. The team owns, operates and manages over 150 million square feet of real estate, making Camber Creek one of the biggest value-add venture partners for real estate tech startups.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 14, 2014
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%. Lerer Ventures was second, with just under 20%. Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. Well, it''s gotta mean something, right?
American Entrepreneurship
MARCH 7, 2024
But progress is being made as seen in the rising number of women-led venture funds that focus on funding women entrepreneurs. In addition, Crunchbase reports that w omen-founded venture firms in the U.S. venture firms allocated only 22% of their deals to female-founded startups. billion of total venture capital.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JULY 18, 2022
Those values, on a schedule of investments we publish to our investors every quarter, flow through to our financial statements and capital accounts and establish how much an interest in our partnerships are worth at that time. Every quarter our firm goes through a process to value our entire portfolio.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
I believe that the next generation of top companies are far more likely to be founded by people not on VC radars today. Opening up our circle to create and scale genuine engagement for people outside of typical venture networks is how we do business—and we’re getting exceptional deal flow because of that.
Dream It
JANUARY 13, 2021
The venture capital screening call is an important step to get right in due diligence. Learn how to pass a VC associate screen in under 10 minutes! By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Book Office Hours with me. To get to partners, often you’ll have to go through the associate first.
Revolution
MAY 11, 2023
Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. marking its highest level since 2017. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,
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