ff Venture Capital and HBS Angels of New York are happy to be co-sponsors of Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM, held at Union Square Ventures. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator program at Georgia Tech. Some of their portfolio companies look very promising. The current crop includes: deaString BISMark Lucena [...]
Fundraising is not just limited to companies. Venture Capital firms have to do this as well. It is an interesting process and you get to meet fascinating people. Potential limited partners (or LP’s as we call them) come to the table with a set of beliefs that are, well, sometimes peculiar and rarely challenged – [...]
I am delighted to announce that ff is expanding significantly. Firstly, we are very excited to add David Teten as the second Partner in our history and Michael Yavonditte as a Venture Partner in the Firm. David is Chairman of Harvard Business School Angels New York and an experienced entrepreneur. He has founded three startups and [...]
This Time It’s different [Source www.500px.com] We are entering a new era. A time when great wealth is being created, and old fortunes destroyed (but not let us dwell there). A time of convergence and disruption that has not been seen in anyone’s lifetime. In the late 90′s it was all about expectation and [...]
I was watching Mark Suster and Tom McInerney on This Week in Venture Capital mainly for fun, though Tom is a good friend. If you have not watched it you should as it is highly engaging. Well into the discussion Tom and Mark delve into privacy and Tom mentions that many teens have moved to [...]
