Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says.

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Venture Capital Pricing Invest Report 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

despite having been passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability, waiting for the rules to be finalized by the SEC. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 2/13/2015.

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Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x Mark dutifully went to partner meetings, back-channel references began, firms started calling existing VCs to “test prices” and we started debating whom our best partner would be.

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Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

I remember when seed funds first started (they were being incorrectly called “super angels” and then Micro VCs before Seed Funds stuck) and every LP (who invest in VCs) told me they weren’t convinced about Seed Funds (too small, too hard to pick winners, would they be able to follow on?). Now seed funding is conventional wisdom.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Funding Seed Funding 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2012 I penned an article called “ It’s Morning in VC ” that highlighted many of these trends and in 2014 I published a series of data in this VC SlideShare presentation of “ Why VC is Much More Compelling ” now, which updated many of our earlier analysis. Here is the Wikipedia definition of a bubble.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Pricing Platform Marketing 150