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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You

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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 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.

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Making Sense of the Stock Market Drops in Relation to Venture Financing

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For starters – we all know the argument that more enterprises are buying SaaS software because it works more easily than on-premise software and that expectations set by our consumer lives to have software as easy and convenient as Amazon, Google or Facebook drives our business lives. I have to assume other investors feel the way I do.

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The Resetting of the Startup Industry

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The startup industry may be “resetting,” which doesn’t mean a “crash” but rather just a resetting of valuations, timescales, winners/losers, capital sources and the relative emphasis of growth rates vs. burn rates. I am a VC so this will be seen as self serving. The days of easy money may be slowing down.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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What is the True Sentiment of VCs? I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” But not a VC or Bill Gurley or myself would have spooked it 2 years ago.

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TechZulu Presents | 2016 LA Investor Startup Forecast

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TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2016 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, February 11 from 7 p.m. We will have amazing panelists from Crosscut Ventures, Machine Shop Ventures, Techstars, and more to be announced soon who will share their insights and forecast for startups in 2016.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. In the Early Days.

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Reflections on 2018: Jim Andelman, Bonfire Ventures

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In addition The Trade Desk, which went public in 2016, grew its market cap from just under $2 billion at the beginning of 2018 to slightly over $6 billion today. Were pleased to be a part of one of SoCals greatest VC-backed successes. Jim has spent his entire career in and around enterprise software, and has been a VC for 18 years.