I’m giving a talk next month on “How Private Equity Funds Raise Capital and Source Deals with Social Media” at Terrapinn’s Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America conference in Miami. I discuss this topic in more depth in an earlier article I wrote. Here's my draft [...continue reading]
> Team > ff Venture CapitalShould a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?
This is part one of a two-part series on domain names and startups; part 2 will be “Build Your Startup on Premium Real Estate: a Vacant or Undermonetized Domain Name”. It is no coincidence that companies with the best domain names often tend to rise to the top of their space. Foursquare [...continue reading]
Ionic Security Raises $9.4m from Kleiner Perkins, Tech Operators, ff Venture Capital
I couldn’t be more excited to share that one of our portfolio companies, Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress), has raised $9.4 million in Series A1 funding, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, with TechOperators, Ken Levine, and Dr. Paul Judge also participating. Ted Schlein, general [...continue reading]
High Returns On A Small Fund Challenge Low Returns On A Big Fund
I previously posted this on Techcrunch. Let’s say you decide to invest in a VC fund. Congratulations: you’re now supporting the least unpopular part of the investing industry. That said, how do you avoid suffering the poor median returns the industry is known for? Assuming you have a [...continue reading]
ff VC Massive Party at SXSW
Join my colleagues at ff VC at SXSW on Saturday March 9th for ff MASSIVE. ff VC is hosting a full day of off campus talks and meetups, followed by the most MASSIVE party SXSW has seen, ff MASSIVE. The meetups will feature 20+ ff Venture Capital portfolio companies incluing Social Fortress, [...continue reading]
March 3-6, Birmingham, AL: Alternative Investing Conference
The Southern States Business Coalition (SSBC) is bringing some of the country’s leading Plan Sponsors, Institutional Investors, and Alternative Investment professionals to Birmingham, AL, March 3-6 for the Southern States Alternative Investment Symposium 2013. This conference is an evolution of [...continue reading]
Charity Auction: Pitch Your Business to NY Angels and Golden Seeds
Would you like to have a private lunch with Brian Cohen, Chairman of New York Angels, and Deborah Jackson, Managing Director of Golden Seeds (and me)? I'm not eligible anymore for bachelor auctions (actually, my price would have been pretty low if I ever even had tried), but I have hit the [...continue reading]
ff Venture Capital Holiday Video 2012, with in-office workout
We would like to wish you Happy Holidays from ff Venture Capital! This video gives you a sense of our "fitness office" during the holidays. If you are not familiar with photography memes like "ff-ing", you might want to look at some related memes: planking, batmanning, and owling. There's [...continue reading]
