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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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This means that some funds will disappea r – Returns are not even. The top quartile funds have performed well. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

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The problem with VC Seed Funding – Chris is right to raise the issue with entrepreneurs because there have been instances where large VC funds have set up seed programs where the investments have been used as “options.&# There are many problems with this. As always it comes down to competition.