Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2017

Private equity investors have more capital at their disposal than at any time in more than a decade, which could boost prices for companies seeking acquisitions. billion as of year-end 2016, exceeding the levels seen at the end of. As of Aug. 1, private equity firms in North America and Europe had secured $212.6 As of Aug.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. That number is projected to GROW to 70 billion by 2016 (Source: BIA Kelsey). The first investment I ever made as a VC was in a company now called Invoca. Much more data in the full post.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I saw a few friends politely suggesting that “now was a great stock buying opportunity” meaning that given the stock market is off by 10% it was a great chance to buy and lock in presumably low prices before the market rises again. But many of these (75% in the case of unicorns) are not led by traditional VCs.

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JUNE 5, 2016

Specifically I mean teams that were going too fast at raising, optimizing around the highest price or avoiding larger investors because they wanted a lot of small players who couldn’t exert any control (terms, price, etc.). Non VC Growth Rounds. VC Infighting. Some called this “buying logos.” Expect more of this.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

This was in mid-2016, and the decreasing costs of robotics and computer vision made me think that the process of making a burger could be fully automated. He thought that was b t, and he said-if you are able to do this, he told me he'd be my first customer and supply us with seed capital. What is Miso Robotics? The demand is there.

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Xconomy

JULY 19, 2019

Soaring prices of Bitcoin and other so-called digital tokens were attracting investments from speculators hoping to get rich quick—but these virtual coin values were also known to drop just as suddenly, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council noted.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. We raised this capital in what has increasingly become a difficult market for fund raising so I’d like to share with you some details on how we get it done.

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MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Market Size.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Based on some good estimates of how many new ventures have been started in the last five years, the statistical odds of any individual startup making it to this level are less than one in a million. When top tier investors compete for a piece of the action, the price can go up exponentially. Active interest by a multitude of investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Cultures and values are different, pricing norms are unique, and customer needs have to be validated in each location. Angel and venture capital investors look for opportunities that are highly scalable, and have already demonstrated good traction. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/13/2016.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Bryan Biniak: Connected Travel was founde d n 2016. At some point, something more compelling and interesting came up, and I left and went back to Nokia as an EIR in their venture capital fund, focused on mixed and virtual reality and IoT. Tell me about Connected Travel?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Startups funded by large venture-capital investments rarely think about productivity. Without constraints on pricing and size, computers would still look like mainframes rather than fit in your wristwatch. Are you having fun yet in your new venture, despite the limitations?

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The number of coworking spaces alone is expected to jump from 11,300 in 2016 to 13,800 by the end of this year. The largest VC backed companies in this space have raised several hundreds of millions in funding to help expand their global footprint. Read more about coworking spaces around the country on TechCo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2016

It’s like trying to sell a home still being built at next year’s dream market price. This factor is more relevant to venture capital investors who come in at a later stage and expect more traction to qualify. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/09/2016.

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Xconomy

JULY 19, 2016

For 2015, there were 133 information security M&A deals, according to 451 Research’s Tech M&A Outlook 2016. It’s why this market segment is so attractive to venture investors. New funds have been raised dedicated to this segment. What we’ve also seen is the increase in M&A. Why is this happening?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. What is the True Sentiment of VCs? It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!”

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MARCH 30, 2016

We knew better than to start funding raising in August, when larger VC firms have a harder time assembling full decision teams – so in August we would plan and September we would commence. Many VC firms expressed interest, nearly every one took a meeting and several called Mark and the team back for meetings.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

As we noted in our survey of more than 150 VCs we know in the industry, many saw drops in Q4 valuations last year with nearly all of them projecting decreases in 2016. Deflationary economics are well understood – in a market when prices are dropping one prefers to wait a few months to see if prices stabilizes before committing.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

. —Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE ), of Santa Monica, CA, said that it could file for FDA approval of an experimental treatment known as KTE-C19 by the end of 2016 —meaning there’s a chance Kite could be the first to market with a “CAR-T” product, a form of cellular immunotherapy for cancer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Looking ahead, Investopedia predicts that in 2018 the supply of VC money will continue to grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Fast forward 3 years and looking out into the 2016 horizon, what do I see? Perhaps I would call it “Mourning in VC” as in mourning for the days of rational behavior.

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