Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham have a long, thoughtful post up on their Union Square Ventures site titled Founders and Management. In addition to providing a general description of the type of people they like to invest in, they give some very specific examples from their current portfolio. It’s a great view inside Fred and Brad’s heads, but it’s also a very useful framework for entrepreneurs to think about how they’ll be viewed by a VC.
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January 13, 2007 12:08 PM
What Kind of People Do VCs Like to Back
VC Bloggers
Brad FeldJason Mendelson
Andrew Parker (USV)
Ask The VC
Baris Karadogan (Velocity)
Bijan Sabet (Spark)
Bill Burnham (Inductive)
Chris Fralic (First Round)
Christine Herron (First Round)
Dan Rua (Inflexion)
Daniel Cohen (Gemini)
David Beisel (Venrock)
David Cowan (Bessemer)
David Dufresne (JLA)
David Hornik (August)
Ed Sim (Dawntreader)
Eric Friedman (USV)
Foundry Group
Fred Destin (Atlas)
Fred Wilson (USV)
George Zachary (CRV)
Golden Horn Ventures
Guy Kawasaki (Garage)
Highway 12 Ventures
J Chen (CXO)
Jacob Ner-David (Jerusalem)
Jason Ball (Qualcomm)
Jeff Bussgang (Flybridge)
Jeff Clavier (SoftTech)
Jeff Joseph (Prescient)
Jeremy Levine (Bessemer)
John Thornton
Jonathan Seeber (Updata)
Josh Kopelman (First Round)
Justin Label (Bessemer)
Keith Benjamin (Levensohn)
Ken Gaebler (Gaebler)
Marc Averitt (Okapi)
Mark Davis (DFJ Gotham)
Mark Suster (GRP)
Matt McCall (DFJ Portage)
Matt Winn (Chrysalis)
Max Bleyleben (Kennet)
Michael Feinstein (Sempre)
Momentum Venture Management
Nic Brisbourn (DFJ Esprit)
Pascal Levensohn (Levensohn)
Paul Fisher (Advent)
Paul Jozefak (Neuhaus)
Paul Kedrosky (Ventures West)
PE Hub Blog
Philippe Botteri (Bessemer)
Rajil Kapoor (Mayfield)
Rich Moran (Venrock)
Richard Dale (Sigma)
Rick Segal (JLA)
Rob Day (@Ventures)
Rob Finn (Edison)
Rob Hayes (First Round)
Rob Schultz (IllinoisVENTURES)
Robert Goldberg (YL)
Ryan McIntyre (Foundry)
Sagi Rubin (Virgin)
Sarah Tavel (Bessemer)
Saul Klein (Index)
Seth Levine (Foundry)
Shantanu Bhagwat (Amadeus)
Sid Mohasseb (Venture Farm)
Simeon Simeonov (Polaris)
Steve Brotman (Greenhill)
Steve Jurvetson (DFJ)
Stu Phillips (Ridgelift)
Stuart Ellman and Eric Wiesen (RRE)
T.D. Klein (Legend)
TechFund Europe
Todd Dagres (Spark)
Tom Cole (Trinity)
Union Square Ventures
Vineet Buch (BlueRun)



very insightful