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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. And with so many new funds in the market and looking to put capital to work it’s no surprise that there was an even bigger boom in the numbers of deals being funded in the early-stage markets.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” Why is this? The iPhone was released.

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A Chat With Kelly Perdew: Moonshots Capital And Its First Dedicated Fund

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We sat down with Kelly ahead of the announcement to chat about the new fund, why they think military veterans are particularly well suited as startup entrepreneurs, why the two went from organizing individual deals for funding to a formal fund, and more. We deployed a little over $10 million from the syndicate since 2014.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

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Robertson is the founder of Influence , a networking tool for influencers that’s expected to announce its Series A financing in the coming weeks. People say we’re crazy, but we know creators are legit businesses,” Karat writes on its website — the company didn’t respond to a request to chat about what they’re working on.

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