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Get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday by subscribing on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. We’ve talked crypto crashes a couple times already in the short life of this newsletter but the sell off this week has spooked crypto insiders in a very different way. . crash redux. the latest pod. Somebody call 911.

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Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now

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I saved it mostly for LP discussions that I had over the past year. When companies DO IPO they are worth much more at IPO time than in the past. to raise “opportunity funds” to fund the prorata participation of their best early-stage investments. These are most notable in late-stage, D-round, investments.

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The Station: Canoo hits the road, Coup shutters and Samsung shifts

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Welcome back to The Station, the go-to newsletter for keeping up-to-date on what the heck is going on in the world of transportation. Portions of the newsletter are published as an article on the main site after it has been emailed to subscribers (that’s what you’re reading now). To get everything, you have to sign up.

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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

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Hi, and welcome back to The Station, a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and packages travel from Point A to Point B. I have started to publish a version of the newsletter on TechCrunch. For the whole newsletter, which comes out every weekend, you can subscribe by heading over here , and clicking “The Station.”

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How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks

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If you’re talking with a typical Seed/A/B round firm they often have ownership targets in the company in which they invest. Since they have limited capital and limited time availability they often try to make concentrated investments across companies in which they have the highest conviction. some might even want slightly more.

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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The biggest lesson learned in 2014 was that all the hard work we''ve put into LA tech over the past few years has started to pay off big time in the form of IPOs, large funding rounds, valuations, and exits. At the end of 2013, we were excited when there was an investment round of $20M to $30M. This is just the start.

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

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When should a VC invest? It’s the only way forward in capitalism, and it’s worth every investment you can make. The late-stage investment firm has been a slow-burning mess for the past several months, angering current and former employees, limited partners, and, crucially, [Peter] Thiel himself, sources say.