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Praying to the God of Valuation

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2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

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It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. The deal was done in late 2007.

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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus

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Tealium , founded in 2008, has raised close to $113 million since its inception, according to Crunchbase , although that number includes both debt and equity deals. Lunsford oversaw WebSideStory’s IPO in 2004, and Limelight’s IPO in 2007. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First

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Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. It’s a bit like if you bought a $1 million home in 2007 and want to sell it for $1 million today. One is slightly better and priced at $1 million, which you know from Zillow is what they paid for it in 2007.

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How TVC Aims At Acquisitions, Not IPOs, with Jeb Spencer

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One of the few local funds to recently raise a fund is TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), which just closed TVC Capital II, a $75 million growth equity and buyout fund. Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm. One issue has been a difficulty by indigenous funds to raise their own capital from their limited partners.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Time will tell. Employees: 27.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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Michael is a very accomplished corporate executive in his own right having run Sega Gameworks and helped IPO EuroDisney as well as having been on the founding team of DreamWorks SKG (where he helped them raise their first $900 million in equity). Founded in 2007 by Oxford Univ. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008. We discussed: 1.