StartupNation

JULY 17, 2025

Venture Capital (VC) If rapid scaling is one of your financial goals, venture capital might be the right choice. But, it typically involves giving up equity and facing pressure for an exit strategy (like an acquisition or IPO) within a few years. Develop a risk matrix to map out these risks and create strategies to mitigate them.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

And we’ve kind of moved to a virtual event because, for us, we have a great relationship with VC’s in the market, and with angel investors in the market. I’d rather put the money into the program themselves than supporting the founders. Topics that are important have really emerged from past events.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 29, 2025

Fundamental shifts in go-to-market strategy tied to pricing? ” As a VC, I felt 15 years of education about at ARR & ACV had been rightly thrown out the window. Pricing changes are hard. Monumentally difficult. Monte Carlo, a data & AI observability pioneer, moved from traditional annual contracts to a daily revenue model.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 31, 2025

Our strategy is to get into the top companies extremely early, when prices are lower. Following our first close, we’ve invested in 4 of the top companies from the recent Y Combinator batch, including companies that have since shown viral growth like Browser-Use and Mastra.ai. higher valuation cap.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

But I’ve also seen a few change quite dramatically based upon the progressing ‘game on the field’ and my own VC experiences. One example is whether it’s assumed that seed VCs maximize outcomes by religiously holding their shares until the company itself exits. VC Skillset VCs are investors, not traders.

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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 […]

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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.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

” That was the question put to me last week by a senior leader at a large university endowment during Screendoor’s yearly Convening [part annual meeting for our LPs, part community event, part strategy session].

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! The Need for Strategy. My take on his argument is this: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Picking a VC is hard. So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Most VCs are book smart. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. You want a VC who will spar with you but then STFU and let you get on with things.

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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

This does not necessarily mean you need to talk about your exit strategy, but founders should provide a roadmap for how they will become a huge company in the future. Founders have to look at what kinds of assets funds have access to, where those assets are, and whether they fit with the growth strategy of the startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

If you’ve been following the press about VC funds you’ll know this is no small feat. VC has operated as an “old boys club”, with access to capital often requiring entrance through an elite university engineering department in one of two cities. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

He had been working as a strategy consultant post b-school at Monitor and worked closely with a good family friend of mine who recommended I meet him. Monitor had a little internal VC group so he got some experience there. More like a temporary VC just to get some experience and of course we’d pay him.

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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. Think of who you want to partner with one, five, and ten years down the line.

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Revolution

AUGUST 2, 2022

What we did: Revolution Growth Vice President, Nancy Hilliker , participated in the 2022 Dig-South Tech Summit, where she discussed supporting a more diverse innovation landscape and the acceleration of connections between VCs and founders in non-traditional tech hubs. Where we went: Chicago, IL ??

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Tech VC is a pretty mature marketplace--the players are known, the process is established, and so while relationship building might take time, usually you can estimate how long a deal will take with some accuracy (besides, of course, that it takes longer than the founder wants). 3) Find a flexible lead.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

If you’re not taking this zone-out down time I’ll bet you’re not having enough strategic reflection on your job, your company, your strategy. I want to make sure that my sixth year as a VC doesn’t just become an automatic continuation of what I’ve done in my first 5 years.

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

As a VC firm, we’ve had to adapt many aspects of our business as well. Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising timeframes as we saw in our 2020 Female Founders Data Report.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

She provided me with so much advice on business strategy, business channels and HR. I’ve learnt how to slice the equity pie for VC investors, and gained so much insight about the still male-dominated tech world from this successful tech business veteran. My first female mentor was the incredible Janine Allis , founder of Boost Juice.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As an early-stage VC I love this phase. This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.).

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

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. Ten Networking Strategies to a Seat on the Board. Expert Networks. Here’s How .

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It partners with entrepreneurs in funding their growth stories through innovative market access and public venture capital strategies. He talks to AsiaTechDaily about the firm’s investment strategies, the fundraising journey, and other points. Edited excerpts below : What background and domain expertise do you have?

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Specifically I’ve had the chance to spend meaningful time over the years with Michael Mignano as he went from startup CEO to Executive/Angel Investor and now VC Partner at Lightspeed. I can vouch for his genuine optimism Hunter Walk: You got to work with a number of different VCs on your cap table for Anchor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Tim made it clear to me that there was zero obligation on behalf of VCs in whom they invest to commit money to Cincinnati but that they were looking for funds that were committed to national investment strategies and who were interested in closer ties to the local community. I was instantly intrigued.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In 2020, VC investments totaled NZD $127.2 or Australian) VCs or the government. Technology startups are the pinnacle of that strategy. It’s been ridiculous how much money is flooding into the country at the moment.”. Despite the pandemic, venture and early-stage investment in New Zealand is reaching record highs.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Venture Capital: Fueling Growth Venture capitalists (VCs) are the powerhouse behind many successful startups, providing the substantial funding needed to scale operations, enter new markets, and drive growth. These sessions cover topics from market trends and investment strategies to leadership and innovation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Central, South Eastern, and Eastern Europe have already seen a number of new VCs recognize the talent coming out of those regions (see Inovo, Credo, LauncHub, Vitosha, VentureFriends, Marathon VC etc). As part of this they have bagged a former partner at Shilling VC in Lisbon, Pedro Santos Vieira.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Go to the Audience Choice voting site , read the full topic descriptions, filter and search by topic, and upvote your favorites.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

” Exit Strategies and Long-Term Planning: Building Value as the Core Focus While exit strategies are crucial, Jeshua advises founders to prioritize building intrinsic value. For founders opting for VC funding, swift closure of funding rounds is advised to maintain focus on product development.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 2, 2023

Before that, Vikas ran product and strategy for The Baby Box Co, a Series A digital education platform for expecting parents. And once you get on the VC treadmill it’s really hard to get off. That’s not to say that VC can’t be great. Many amazing businesses wouldn’t have been built without VC, including Azibo.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV. In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

and Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC), a collaborative venture capital entity with a track record of successful semiconductor investments that span the Japan-United States nexus. This approach adopted a software-first strategy. Leading this financing endeavor were Japan’s venture capital firm, SBI Investment Co. Sakyasingha Dasgupta.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As Managing Directors of Techstars Seattle, we raised a series of funds from mostly local LPs, including participation from some of our best-known local VC firms, as well as many of the mentors who worked with the founders during and after each program.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

When I started emPawa Africa, I wanted to experiment with the VC model by investing in many artists,” said the artist who recently completed a program at Harvard Business School. . According to him, powering artists and people in the creative space should be done in a startup/VC manner. Go team @Yoco_ZA go [link].

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