TechCrunch LA
JUNE 18, 2022
This week, we saw the interconnectedness of major institutions as crypto lending protocol Celsius stuttered and brought down Ethereum prices with it as investors feared a price collapse brought on by reportedly over-leveraged players like 3 Arrows Capital. I don’t even think digital assets [are] an asset class.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
And that’s real cash that LPs can’t put to work in other asset classes. Some LPs have privately speculated that later-stage VCs may have a field day in the next 18 months, buying up large positions in firms with strong revenue at attractive prices given the recent squeeze on funding.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. This means that some funds will disappea r – Returns are not even. The VC industry has performed terribly over the past 10 years. VC will shrink.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). The poor performance of the asset class (this analysis has largely been wrong as I pointed out here –> most analyses were clumsy rear-view mirror looks at the data).
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2014
These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. New investors sometimes want early investors to put in money to “prove” they have confidence in the new price. but didn’t have funds to back-up their prorata rights?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
If electricity could be transferred like WiFi but as safe as a soundwave we use on pregnant women’s bellies and at a price-point that was attractive this is a multi-billion market. Would they build a world class team. Could we produce this at cost? The more we dug the more confident we became (and so did every advisor we used).
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 31, 2012
LA-based company, Chewse has joined 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, making it the first starup from LA to join the prestigious accelerator program and seed fund. Chewse now joins the 500 current class commencing today, November 31 with an aim to even be a better marketplace for groups to easily order great food.
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