article thumbnail

LAVA's 2010 Investment Capital Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 -- LAVA's 2010 Investment Capital Conference. We believe the theme, "A Practical Guide to Financing in 2010 - Current Market Sources and Pricing", reflects what's needed most by corporate executives because the financing landscape has changed dramatically.

LAVA 100
article thumbnail

Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing). What gives?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sell at the top? Avoid the race to zero!

Berkonomics

Companies sometime run out of cash in the midst of their increasing success, and often find that sources of loans or investment are not freely flowing at the moment of need. There are only a few Uber or AirBnB investments to point to – where the street value of the company may ultimately validate that amount of investment.

Pricing 156
article thumbnail

Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Always have been.

Invest 284
article thumbnail

What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing.

Invest 299
article thumbnail

Seismic Joins Unicorn Club, Finds $92M More

socalTECH

Rowe Price, its existing investors. Permira is now Seismic's second largest shareholder, and according to Seismic the firm also made a "significant secondary investment" in the firm. The company says that it now has over 900 employees spread across 14 offices; the company was founded in 2010. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113
article thumbnail

2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? If these factors impact earnings the stock market may be headed South – If unemployment rises housing prices won’t.