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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Read more: VentureWire (requires login) , Mahalo Profile Page.

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3 Valuation Inflection Points for Startups: Don’t Copy Calacanis

From the Venture Trenches

Since investors are looking to minimize the risk they are taking the more you prove your model works, the higher the price an investor will pay for equity in that business. This is particularly true if you have never raised investment capital before and do not have a record of exists like Calacanis.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Let’s be clear: AngelList doesn’t scare a single VC I know. But it’s not cutting VCs out. It is additive.

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