I hope to meet some of the local investor and founder community when I visit Boston October 3-5: At October 3 11:45am, the MIT Sloan Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club; VC/PE Club; and Fintech Club will be hosting me for a discussion on all of those topics. Location: MIT Sloan. On October 3 6pm, SMA is hosting a discussion...
[Continue Reading]Why venture capitalists are investing in international startups
Why are more US VCs investing in international startups? Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List: of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade,...
[Continue Reading]What’s your VC tech stack? Results from a survey of early-stage VC funds
(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck, Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam), and David Teten) VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? As a globally focussed LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future...
[Continue Reading]Venture capitalists eating their own dog food: How private equity investors are using technology and analytics
I just published a guest essay in AlleyWatch on Venture capitalists eating their own dog food: How private equity investors are using technology and analytics (as of Sep. 2017). As of Dec. 2019, I posted an updated version here....
[Continue Reading]How to Join a VC or Private Equity Firm as a Partner, or Recruit a Partner
This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital, including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video) How to...
[Continue Reading]What content should you promote where?
Your company typically has seven layers of content marketing. Here are tips for each layer. What content do you use in marketing your firm? And what content should go in which place? Your company (or your fund, if you’re a VC) typically has a 7-layer stack of marketing content. In descending order of importance, they...
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