This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. The only problem is that using Twitter or Craigslist as your primary case studies of how to build a startup is like standing in a cornfield trying to get struck by lightning on a clear day. Ashton Kutcher.

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Insight Partners

DECEMBER 5, 2024

New industry-specific AI and data startups are emerging to bridge these gaps and redefine operational standards across financial services. Data volume The amount of financial data generated worldwide is staggering, with capital markets producing vast volumes of transactional, market, and client data every second.

Financial Services 69

Financial Services Due Diligence Startups Hedge Funds 69

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Unlike a venture capital firm that states its criteria on its website and has forms, e-mail addresses, etc to encourage outreach, your site does a lot better job of saying "Go away!". The interesting thing is that being connected to wealth isn't necessarily a driver of good venture capital performance--why would it be?

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2010

Here’s what I got back: David Hornick, August Capital : "Here's some anti-advice. Don’t allow computers, iPhones or Blackberries” Howard Morgan, First Round Capital : “ Board responsibilities: Read the stuff before you get there. That is as true for startups as it should have been for the big banks.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 9, 2020

If you’re constantly reading that this system isn’t built to help you—and you aren’t finding any experiences to the contrary, your likelihood of just throwing your hands up and bailing from startups is higher.

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SuperAngel.Fund

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Early-Stage Venture & Startups 2024. 🤖 AI Market Dominates Across New Startups The surge in AI-driven startups shows no signs of slowing. Nearly a third of seed deals on the AngelList platform involve startups primarily identifying as AI companies. Last week, AngelList released The State of U.S.

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SuperAngel.Fund

JULY 24, 2024

The vast majority of angel investors will meet a founder, conduct their due diligence, and make a one-time decision to either cut a check or not, then walk away or wait until the company is bankrupt or public. Instead, you can take the approach of actively managing your portfolio of startup investments.

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SuperAngel.Fund

JANUARY 19, 2024

In doing so, startups are often willing to maintain their previous valuation creating a favorable situation for both parties. After all, a key ‘perk’ to private market investing is to capitalize on ‘private’ information that the general public may not know. That is the case with follow ons. since 2019.

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Startups Due Diligence Angel Investors Deal Flow 69

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

The venture unit had set up a $332 million fund in 2019 to focus on European startups. Omers had hired European investors from Balderton Capital and Uber Technologies Inc. Venture financing into startups during the second quarter fell about 60% in Europe to €12.3 Venture capital is cyclical and it's brutal when winter arrives.

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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.

Venture Capital 64

Venture Capital Deal Flow Startups Due Diligence 64

SuperAngel.Fund

DECEMBER 25, 2023

For example: If the economy is in a period of growth, venture investors are likely to be spending the majority of their time raising capital + deploying that capital. They’re moving quickly and writing checks after a short period of due diligence.

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Due Diligence Startups Capital Portfolios 40

SuperAngel.Fund

DECEMBER 25, 2023

For example: If the economy is in a period of growth, venture investors are likely to be spending the majority of their time raising capital + deploying that capital. They’re moving quickly and writing checks after a short period of due diligence.

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Due Diligence Startups Capital Portfolios 40

Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential.

Hedge Funds 52

Hedge Funds Due Diligence Portfolios Leveraged Buyouts 52

Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

It encompasses strategies such as venture capital, leveraged buyouts and investing directly in publicly-traded private equity firms. Venture Capital Venture capital investments focus on financing startups and early-stage companies with significant growth potential.

Hedge Funds 52

Hedge Funds Due Diligence Portfolios Leveraged Buyouts 52

Fortune Financial

MAY 4, 2023

Yet, it’s important to do due diligence and carefully research each investment opportunity before making any decisions. Venture Capital Another option is to invest in private 3D printing startups through venture capital firms. Companies can better utilize capital using 3D printing.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

AI takes over Submitted 27/06/2023 - 1:56pm This article first appeared in the March 2023 T ech Buyouts Insights Report New advances in artificial intelligence are creating a buzz in tech M&A in 2023, that if backed up by capital deployment could make up for the dip in private investment into the sector in 2022.

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Buyout Due Diligence Startups Deal Origination 52

Insight Partners

APRIL 30, 2024

“More than a decade as a former operator taught me that these projects are notoriously difficult due to a lack of viable, scalable technical approaches to implementing essential controls exactly where and how they’re needed. As of December 31, 2023, the firm has over $80B in regulatory assets under management.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 25, 2024

Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), the venture capital investing arm of the $250-billion pension fund, is the lead investor in Instagrid’s Series C funding round and gains a seat on the company’s board. Avid has been active in the startup ecosystem as a developer, product manager, founder and investor for over 20 years.

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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.

Angel Investors 59

Angel Investors Due Diligence Legal Deal Flow 59

Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Since 2021, the regulator has pushed the sector to improve how it values assets that range from venture capital to office blocks. But, of course, the governance, risk and compliance specialists who manage operational due diligence do tend to be guided a little more by ethics and integrity, as compared to billable hours.

Hedge Funds 64

Hedge Funds Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Pension Funds Funds 64

Axial

MAY 23, 2023

In terms of where to slot us from an investor type – we are unique in the sense that we have owned and operated our own businesses since 2001, invested our own capital and also raised capital from LPs (both institutional and smaller accredited investors).”

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

I published what’s called a comment, so like a very short one about this great tax law case with this guy who like won the lottery and then wanted to get his lottery winnings treated as capital gains. It was dealing with like the sort of guts of the bank and like new product development and capital and, and balance sheet.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firms Hedge Funds Finance 52

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Steven Klinsky, New Mountain Capital , is below. Eventually, Steve takes his experience and knowledge and stands up his own firm, New Mountain Capital, which is one of the largest private equity shops in the world. RITHOLTZ: So we’re going to talk about New Mountain Capital in a bit.

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Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt 105

SuperAngel.Fund

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I was listening to an interview with David Tisch a few weeks ago that had a profound impact on the way I see the startup investment landscape. Is this the team that will capitalize on that opportunity? If the name doesn’t ring a bell, David Tisch is the Managing Partner at BoxGroup and the Co-Founder of TechStars NYC.

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Due Diligence Investing Startups Capital 52

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Completed the secondary purchase of a US$100 million commitment to Oak Hill Capital Partners V, which focuses on investing across the industrials, media & communications and business services in the U.S. Committed €500 million to CVC Capital Partners IX, L.P., STAR Capital is a mid-market, U.K.-based

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: Capital gains then were taxed with 28 percent. Since 2004, the tax rate on dividends and capital gains is 15 percent, 18 percent, 21 percent. The original research actually, the Fama-French paper argued that market capitalization was standing in as a proxy for us, that small companies were riskier than larger companies.

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