2008 Invest Pricing Summary 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
While there is much discussion about VCs starting to pull back on their investments into startups, the LPs we surveyed don’t expect to slow the pace of investment into VC funds themselves – at least for the foreseeable future. The Biggest Area of Concern is Late Stage Investments.
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JULY 23, 2014
Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). I reviewed a good summary of the advantages and disadvantages of an IPO exit strategy for startups in a widely-used textbook “ Entrepreneurship ,” by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters, and Dean Shepherd. After a record low of 39 U.S. Loss of control.
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MAY 25, 2013
Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. billion in returns.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. I recently reviewed a good summary of the advantages and disadvantages of an IPO exit strategy for startups in a widely-used textbook “ Entrepreneurship ,” by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters, and Dean Shepherd. After a record low of 39 U.S. Loss of control.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 21, 2009
This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies. We feature a prominent speaker at every event. Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!” ” “Sure, prices are dropping.
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