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KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Nov 14, 2015

8 Traits of an Investable Startup CEO

Investors talk about betting on the jockey, not the horse. BTW, It doesn’t hurt to race a fast horse. While this is not exhaustive, it is a great place to start.

KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Jan 19, 2017

Civil Engineers Rule The Future!

When you hear the term “civil engineering”, your eyes and ears usually don’t perk up in anticipation like they do when you hear “new iPhone” or “driverless cars” or “Artificial Intelligence.” Instead, you think bridges, roads, dams, airports, traffic patterns…buildings…

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KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Nov 22, 2017

A Brief History of Corporate Innovation

Ask anyone under the age of 25 today “who invented the mouse?” or “who invented the graphical user interface (GUI)?” and you may get a lot of blank stares and fun wild guesses. These two inventions were the sparks that launched the personal computing…

KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Nov 22, 2017

H2H: How the “Human to Human” Marketing Approach Reveals Who We Are in Business and in Life

The H2H (Human2Human) concept has taken hold of the marketing sector. But it’s not just customers who benefit from an honest, personalized and straightforward exchange with…

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KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Jan 28, 2020

A Startup Survival Guide to Tough Times

I remember the day in 2008 when my bank called me and asked for a meeting. I was running a startup that was gaining incredible traction — until 2008, that is. My startup was focused on the construction industry. The bank gave me notice on our line of credit…

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KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Nov 15, 2015

Angel Investing is a great way to lose money.

Angel investing is becoming more and more popular with investors with less and less experience. This is a great formula for a disaster. With not so recent regulatory changes, Angel investing is becoming available to the masses. During the “dot com”…

KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Apr 16, 2016

The Best 7 Reasons why Family Offices are Investing in Startups

This week I was at a Family Office (FO) conference. It was a great group of family and multi-family offices. There was a great appetite for private investments and specifically early stage.

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KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Nov 24, 2017

Things to think about when investing in a Venture Fund.

1. You must be an accredited investor. Meeting one of the accredited investor definitions
(i.e., US$200K in income or US$300K joint income with spouse for the past two years, or US$1M net worth)
2. Meet Capital Call requirements. If…

KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Jan 13, 2020

On being an investor.

I’ve been a full-time investor for the last three years. I do some paid speaking and advisory work here and there, but I make my living generating returns for myself and my co-investors. It is hard — very hard, actually — but it’s also the most fun I’ve ever had. It barely feels like work…

KP Reddy in Shadow Ventures

Jan 22, 2020

Breaking News: Venture Capital is broken.

Venture capital is broken. It’s broken because fund managers don’t understand what it takes to succeed. They likely entered VC because it was trendy and they saw big money in tech, but they don’t know how to dig in and execute on the work.

These were the top 10 stories published by Shadow Ventures; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

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Shadow Ventures was founded by serial entrepreneur and investor KP Reddy. The mission of Shadow Ventures is to invest in Seed stage companies that are led by dynamic entrepreneurs focused on changing tech-nascent industries with disruptive technologies.

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