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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. raised money from VCs and 7.7% More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. .

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Ripe For Disruption: The Asset Management Business

David Teten VC

And second, I wanted to inform the strategy of my new firm, Versatile VC , from the most educated point of view. . Teten: In the Before Time, I was at a dinner for Partners at many of the major New York VC funds. I don’t think it’s a threat to established VCs.” Can you explain that?

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What’s your VC tech stack? Results from a survey of early-stage VC funds

David Teten VC

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. The VC landscape has gotten much more competitive and crowded over the past several years, and if investors are not using software tools?—?they But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. connects startups to experts in building new businesses. Expert Networks.

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The Station: Rounding up the Tesla Cyber Roundup, a Waymo change up and the mysterious disappearance of Bolt Mobility

TechCrunch

We’re still working that one out, but Alex Wilhelm and Annie Saunders have been pondering the effect that asset depreciation can have on startups like Bolt. Saswat Panigrahi , who joined Waymo in 2016 and was most recently vice president of strategy, product management and data science, is taking the CPO spot. So what gives?

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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. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.