This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

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. Last week, we ran Fall Fundraising Days , which featured 11 NYC events on raising capital that 800+ individuals attended across the week.

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Venture Capital Accredited Investors Capital Best Practices 100

Insight Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Financing led by RA Capital Management with participation from Insight Partners, NVentures, Catalio Capital Management, Eli Lilly and Company, Gaingels, and Cooley LLP Funds to support clinical development of lead programs and expansion of small molecule pipeline focused on high-value GPCR targets BOSTON, Sept.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

After checking out The Information's "open dataset" on diversity in venture capital , I felt pretty disappointed. Most people need a little bit of capital to bring a product to market--or they're an engineer. Warm intro or not, no VC has the magical stream of only quality deal flow with nothing stupid added.

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Venture Capital Capital Portfolios Startups 154

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 24, 2014

These days, there are a ton of options for you if you''re a startup seeking guidence. We''ve done a lot to make sure startups get all the help we can get--and it''s leading to higher companies getting off the ground. Just like a startup accelorator, a VC program would also really help on the fundraising side.

Startups 155

Startups Venture Capital Deal Flow Leveraging 155

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. Any VC will tell you that the ones they said yes to, they mostly got there right away—and that there are very few “maybe” deals that get tipped over the fence. Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? What are the characteristics of this product?

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Venture Capital Deal Flow Startups Capital 190

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Venture capital is basically the complete opposite. You're asked to participate in lectures and events at top tier academic institutions known for entrepreneurship and startups. You're competing against other top tier VCs for your deal flow--as top founders look to get backed by top investors.

Startups 97

Startups Best Practices Deal Flow Venture Capital 97

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Is it no accident, then, that one of the founding fathers of venture capital, Don Valentine of Sequoia, also came from Fordham? To be a good VC, you're going to offer up a lot of time to companies that may never pay back a dime--or even to deals you never wind up doing. There's no magic flow of great deal flow.

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Venture Capital Startups Deal Flow Education 107

SuperAngel.Fund

JANUARY 6, 2023

According to Cooley, which handles more venture financings than any other law firm in the US, the amount of capital invested, and number of financings, have decreased substantially in the last quarter , with the most pronounced impact affecting later-stage deals (Series C and beyond). into 86 companies across 109 investments.

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SuperAngel.Fund

MARCH 24, 2023

To get it off the ground we needed outside capital, so I pitched everyone I knew or who was willing to listen. Though impossible to see in the heat of the moment, it is obvious looking back that those experiences gave me the major competitive advantage that I have today: founder empathy and a unique understanding of the startup journey.

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Angel Investors Due Diligence Legal Deal Flow 59

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When I started leading deals at First Round Capital, I sourced investments in 8 companies. When my own startup was failing, I was helping Foursquare’s seed round happen—even switched seats around at an outing to Citifield for my 30th birthday to help make the right connections happen. I’m just sharing.

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Funds Best Practices Deal Flow Startups 147

The Big Picture

JULY 2, 2024

And it’s, you have to focus on financing the litigation cases with a high probability of a successful outcome, but where the plaintiff doesn’t have the capital to see it through and are up against the deep pocketed defendant who could just wait him out. Was how helpful was Peter Thiel’s capital?

Legal 57

Legal Hedge Funds Financing Finance 57

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 24, 2023

Frost also said the fund is “seeing more deal flow opportunities” in private debt following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other lenders, and that the fund was ready to take more risk to profit from such positions. This could rise further if the review gives the green light. Indeed, you're not going to get anywhere near 6.8%

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Pension Funds Debt Assets Banks 52

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

Even if they were, startup employees usually don't hold more than 10% of the company's overall stock and less than 10% of the company's employees were black at the time of the IPO. Venture capital is supposed to make a high multiple of return for the risk. Who benefitted equity-wise from Uber's success? No current founders, pls.

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Startups Education Accredited Investors Deal Flow 132

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Everything, there was more mon, there was less capital and more entrepreneurs, right, in the early days. 00:11:30 [Speaker Changed] So that flipping of, of the power dynamics from the capital to the entrepreneur, does that have anything to do with companies now staying private for so much longer?

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Banks Startups Companies Boutique Investment Banks 52

SuperAngel.Fund

JULY 14, 2023

Similarly, for General Partners (GPs) like me who manage venture capital funds, we are no different and I believe in practicing what you preach. If executed properly, Secondaries can be an extremely effective and lucrative way to acquire stakes in high-growth companies that are not actively raising capital. Firstly, buy low.

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Venture Capital Capital Funds Deal Flow 52

The Big Picture

MAY 16, 2023

LINDZON: It’s a handshake deal, like I’m a try, like Fred, like this was like a two person operation. RITHOLTZ: Read Sebastian Mallaby’s book on, on “The Power Law: Venture Capital” million dollar deals were literally done on a handshake. And the MIT guys… RITHOLTZ: And they had capital.

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Hedge Funds Leveraging Venture Capital Capital 113