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Venture Capital Firm Goodwater Secures $1 Billion in New Funding

AsiaTechDaily

Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. Most of the capital, 60%, will be allocated to early- and seed-stage startups. With this successful raise, the firm now manages $3.3

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14 Tips on How to Sell to Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

I list the online communities for VCs in general at Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital. These are relevant to all B2B sales, but more so in the hard-to-access private equity/venture capital/family office client base: Win and highlight social proof. You can also sponsor their events.

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Why it’s Critical That you Reference Check Your VC

Both Sides of the Table

I often tell people that raising venture capital is more difficult than getting married. Not so in venture capital. How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? But they’re the ones you can find out with reference checks.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Why you should go APE, H-1B lottery tips, how to check references

TechCrunch

The secret to doing great reference checks for potential hires. I’ve hired enough people to understand that cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias is endemic when it’s time to check a candidate’s references. The secret to doing great reference calls.

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Incentives in Venture Capital, Why You Should Avoid Your Competitors’ Investors, China’s Malaise, and More [link blog]

Hunter Walk

Incentives and the Cobra Effect [Andrew ‘Boz’ Bozworth/Facebook] – So I don’t know if the story Boz references here is fully accurate or has taken on some metaphorical expansion, but it’s worth sharing. And how mismatched (or unspoken) ones in venture capital can cause stress.

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What is the Best CRM and Marketing Tech Platform for a New Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund?

David Teten VC

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. It’s also helpful for identifying people with whom we can do reference checking.

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How Do You Reference Check a VC?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Not so in venture capital. How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? First, I would say that most entrepreneurs do almost no reference checks or at least do them very informally.

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