Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 26, 2020

Over half the deals and total investments reported in the Angel Capital Association’s most recent Angel Funders Report were made in pre-seed and seed rounds. I like to refer to Angels as “big game hunters.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Previously, we introduced the concept of flexible VC : structures that allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. David Teten. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

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? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

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? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The Notley Ventures.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. no-equity stipend + corporate pilot opportunities with our founders.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

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 may as well get compensated for referring them to others. Alpha Partners , Proof VC ) which share the carry earned in their coinvest to the referring party.

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