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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well. Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing. It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure.

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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

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With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. But they do small, seed like investments when they like the entrepreneurs. So how can I justify doing seed investments?