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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla of TiE Angels (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: There is actually a pre-seed problem. There were 70,000 companies that received some sort of early-stage financing. In the last few years, these numbers have been very high but the number of companies that get venture financing remains at 1,200 or so. In the middle where there are companies that have crossed over
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla of TiE Angels (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Of your ventures that have raised venture money, have they raised venture money from these $75 million to $100 million funds, or have they raised money from the bigger funds? Venktesh Shukla: They typically raise money from bigger funds because these are big spaces. One of them was how do you handle structured
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla of TiE Angels (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: You can play this with a very specific domain focus with a specific set of corporate around you. In some cases, these corporates are investing in these little micro-funds that play this game. It is a little side of the industry that is developing. There are these little niches which are not venture-scale
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla of TiE Angels (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: I’ll provide a bit of commentary for the audience on some of the things that you mentioned as trends. We’ve also seen this unstructured data problem being solved. For a couple of decades, there have been major companies that have been formulated on this unstructured data problem. Autonomy was one of them that
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Venktesh Shukla of TiE Angels (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Venktesh Shukla was recorded in September 2017. Venktesh Shukla, founder of TiE Angels and General Partner Monta Vista Capital, discusses some shifts happening in the world of seed investing. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: In your work as an angel investor, what are your daily challenges? Venktesh: Well, there’s one company that I really like, and they have a technology which they claim is breakthrough. In concept on paper it looks great, but all the people and all the big
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Would you consider investing in a $20 million niche market? Venktesh: Yes. If it’s a $20 million market and somebody owns a decent chunk of the company and the valuation is, within two years of investing in it, let’s say, $4 million. The company gets acquired
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Venktesh Shukla, Chair, TiE Angels (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many proposals do you receive per month? Venktesh: It’s hard to tell, but so far I think we have received 60 to 70 proposals over the past three months. Irina: Out of those, how many deserved a closer look? Venktesh: Well, what we do is
