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? Maybe a key to being in venture is a desire to help others? 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.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

The report also notes that there is significant capital on the sidelines today that is available to be deployed. Venture capital and private equity firms meanwhile, will increasingly elect to move their portfolio companies to exits due to funding needs, pressure to return capital and improving business fundamentals.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. Are investors allowed to come into deals that the fund does side by side with the fund? This creates a source of deal flow for investors who aren’t out there full time creating opportunities. Access to the partner.

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MAY 16, 2024

That means a lot of competition for the best deals and more difficulty in standing out. If we ever do get to the one-person unicorn, that’s going to be a lot of people trying to beat out Sequoia and Benchmark to fund its solitary round—a $2mm seed that it never looks back from for additional capital.

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SuperAngel.Fund

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This is a direct result of major changes to the capital markets which have reduced the supply of ‘risk capital’ and appetite for early stage ventures. 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.

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Venture Capital Startups Deal Flow Due Diligence 64

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Here are a few key things I’ve learned: While VCs work with entrepreneurs, they often need reminders to be entrepreneurial themselves—to strive to take on new projects that create community (and exclusive deal flow), teach them something new, or help them stand out.

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SuperAngel.Fund

JANUARY 19, 2024

After all, a key ‘perk’ to private market investing is to capitalize on ‘private’ information that the general public may not know. If I am doing my job right the first time in “picking winners”, at least for a few subsequent rounds, our best deal flow should come from our existing portfolio.

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Startups Due Diligence Angel Investors Deal Flow 69

SuperAngel.Fund

APRIL 21, 2023

Our own data over the past two quarters has also shown new deals priced more reasonably, both for follow-on investments in our top performers, and for new companies as well. ” Per a Wall Street Journal article from November 2, 2022 : “Venture has outperformed other asset classes in prior down cycles.

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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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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

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The second includes data that supports the top performance in venture capital coming from emerging/first time fund managers like ours vs larger funds. If you happen to come across impressive founders looking to raise capital within our areas of focus, I always appreciate you sharing those opportunities with me.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Venture capital is basically the complete opposite. Sourcing You're seeing the majority of deals done in your stage and sector and you see nearly everything that gets announced that you really would have wanted to. Actually, it’s even worse than that. When you measure skews the analysis.

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Udu

APRIL 21, 2023

Inbound Platforms Inbound platforms specialize in helping firms source deals from a variety of sources, including venture capital firms, angel investors, and other private equity funds. Ideally, the platform will offer a diverse set of investment opportunities across different sectors, geographies, and deal sizes.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

If that’s three quarters of the funding, that means that huge amounts of the rest of the country are not getting capital. Areas with less capital and less competition reflect less efficiency and market returns. So you really can’t imagine and venture where your next deal is going to come from.

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Startups Investing Deal Flow New York Stock Exchange 72

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.

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Venture Capital Capital Funds Startups 52

Axial

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Technology ranked 4th in deal flow but had the highest average pursuit rate, 8.76%, of all sectors. See below for the full Q3 deal activity overview on the Axial platform, and for a more detailed breakdown by industry, check out The SMB M&A Pipeline: Q3 2023. DelMorgan & Co. Kerchner, Mr. Clark, Mr. Fay, Ms.

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Udu

MAY 31, 2023

The venture capital space is particularly attractive for investors as companies in AI, machine learning , and emerging tech often have high growth potential. Ample dry powder and a track record of returns in 2022, despite the slowdown in deal flow, continue to draw healthcare-specific funds.

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Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout 52

The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Can your capital make an impact? Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest : Soraya Darabi, partner in the venture firm TMV. If that’s three quarters of the funding, that means that huge amounts of the rest of the country are not getting capital. Competition has to be much less there. Just hyperbolic in the U.

Startups 52

Startups Investing Deal Flow New York Stock Exchange 52

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. You’re not going to get the returns of 6.8

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2023

Transactions Highlights Ontario Teachers’ manages approximately 80% of assets internally, with a focus on deploying capital into active strategies. Expanded into Spain and France with Boreal IM joint venture acquiring logistics assets. During the first half of 2023, the fund continued to diversify investments globally.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

There are occasional windows or gates that open and you could take some capital out. So when you commit to PE or venture, whatever that, that money is, figure seven or to 10 years, you’re not gonna touch it. Generally we have a one to maybe two year lockup where you can, you can’t access that capital.

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Hedge Funds Mutual Funds Funds Due Diligence 64

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

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Venture Capital Pension Funds Investing Deal Flow 218

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

And back then, you know, again, it was a very interesting place to be because they had lots of capital and they had lots of clients. And it was backed by the largest bank in France, it was called Indosuez Capital. It got filled ultimately, initially by, you know, some of these more esoteric businesses like Indosuez Capital.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Financing Finance 59

Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

As deal flow increases, “we’ll get to a more natural balance and you won’t have lenders having to do silly things,” he said. Issuers that are only concerned about price may choose between private credit and other sources of capital, he said. They know they’re dealing with a partner that has capital.”

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 59

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

Venture capital is supposed to make a high multiple of return for the risk. That means making sure that there are no artificial barriers for accessing me and the capital I represent that would skew my time only towards founders of privilege.

Startups 122

Startups Education Accredited Investors Deal Flow 122

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 6, 2025

At its core, Salesforce is a leader in customer relationship management (CRM) -- a tool that allows sales leaders to track deal flow, pipeline trends, marketing campaigns, and more in a data-centric, efficient way. But over the last several years, Salesforce has diversified its platform through several high-profile acquisitions.

Deal Flow 130

Deal Flow Venture Capital Leveraging Prospects 130

Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Indias private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) sectors are positioning themselves for a surge in dealmaking activity as subdued stock market conditions push businesses away from IPOs and towards private funding, according to a report by Reuters.

Deal Flow 61

Deal Flow Venture Capital Stakes Leveraging 61

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Q3 performance benefited from our maniacal focus on these customer segments and deal flow remained strong during the quarter as we grew commitments from new and existing customers across all of our solutions. Operator The next question will come from Matt Hedberg with RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Financing Finance Leveraging 239

Pension Pulse

MARCH 3, 2025

After nearly 20 years in investment banking, at Deutsche Bank and then Credit Suisse, in 2013 he moved to Borealis, OMERS infrastructure arm, to run infrastructure globally and then head the capital markets team. We have to live off the capital base of what we have, and protect what we have, Berg says.

Buyout 52

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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 Boutique Investment Banks Companies 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 Financing 116