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VC in three exited Unicorns. Angel investor. Harvard Business School Lecturer. Obsessed with fly fishing and a recovering ENTJ.

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Raising VC money: how to handle the 1st VC meeting?

March 30, 2012March 22, 2018 Jo Tango

This is the third post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”.  For the list of topics we are covering, click here.  In this post, we’ll focus on “how to handle the 1st VC meeting.” So, you’ve done some research and have come up with a short list of VCs (suggestions here) and you’ve

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Raising VC money: how to get the VC meeting?

March 23, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

This is the second post in a series on “raising VC money.”  For the list of topics we are covering, click here.  This post will cover “how to get the VC meeting.” So, after doing all of your homework (more on that here), you now have a short list of VCs with whom you’d like

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Raising VC money: which VCs to target?

March 16, 2012February 7, 2016 Jo Tango

This is the first post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”.  For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on the first topic: which VCs to target?  I think it’s a critical step in the fundraising process.  You have a new business idea, you’ve spent a

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Raising VC money: topics

March 9, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

Raising venture capital money sounds like something from the Dark Arts, but it really isn’t all that complicated.  Different approaches and different styles work, but there are some rules of thumb that seem to work well over and over. I thought I’d write a Friday series on raising money from VCs.  I am thinking of

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Thank you, Kepha investors

March 3, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

One day, our investors did something unusual.  Let me explain. Our first fund was $50 million and closed in 2007.  A year later, we were thinking of raising more money.  One of our investors quickly offered a big check.  Other existing investors did the same, and so, our fund was slated to grow to $100 million (we decided to

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How are VCs paid?

March 2, 2012May 26, 2018 Jo Tango

[4.7.12 Addendum: Many of the management company details are now available on a SEC web site. More details here.] Here’s how VC firms are paid. When VCs raise funds, they are paid in two ways. First, they get a commission on gains they produce for the fund, which is usually 20 percent and is called

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