Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
And that’s real cash that LPs can’t put to work in other asset classes. But the problem for LPs is that as VCs write bigger checks with increased frequency, these firms go “back in the market” to raise funds more quickly than in the past. Another Area of Concern is in the Seed Investor Class.
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). Why is this?
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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. Or your A-round investor who wrote a $5 million for 25% of your company may not be well positioned to write another $5 million (25%) of a $20 million round.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2015
With top-ranked accelerators Lauchpad LA closing its doors and Y Combinator rebranding itself as a seed fund, it seems fair to ask the question, “Are Accelerators Dead?”. My Forbes co-contributor Geri Stengel concurs that something is happening in the Volunteer State, writing last month about that state’s emerging women entrepreneurs.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. Would they build a world class team. Were they ambitious?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. I didn’t want to write it because the bloggosphere doesn’t always do nuance well. So why I am writing it then? A few reasons. You should read this post.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2010
The competition is set up to award $50,000 to the best team each year, and is also tied to a class on entrepreneurship for engineering students. We hope they'll ues that prize to seed fund and start their company, and see how it goes after that. Why a business plan competition, and why in engineering school?
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