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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” ” The new narrative is “will my seed funds be able to fund the prorata of their winners?” ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m Why is this?

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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

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We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. A normal VC fund raises a new fund every three years if they are strong performers.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund. billion). > -jeff.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. Either won’t bode well for angels if they’re also hurting on non tech investments.