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MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

In 2012, half of all the M&A transactions were cross border, for the first time. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. If you go back to 2005 and 2006 and look at a company which would have a $5M pre- then, it''s now $8 to $10M, all else equal. Globalization is a big trend.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Those companies have raised more than $2 billion in follow on capital, and have a valuation of over $6.5 Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. billion combined.

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