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VC funding for web reaches 10 year high
Venture capital investments continued to grow at a rapid clip in the second quarter of 2011, with VC firms investing $7.5 billion across 966 deals, according to the latest MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA.) But some industry experts are saying that the current level of VC activity could be too good to be sustained.
There Aren't Many Exits Over $100mm
I was reading Mark Suster 's latest blog post (actually its a presentation embedded into a blog post) and I came across this slide.chris dixon's blog / Allocation investing and the social premium
The rational way to invest in something – a startup, public company, venture capital firm, real estate project, etc. – is to base your decision on an assessment of its fundamental value. The most common way to do this is to try to predict the asset’s future profits .
Web IPO Boom Splits VC Haves From Have-Nots
LinkedIn Corp. and Groupon Inc. are leading a surge in Web-company initial share sales that underscores a deepening chasm between the venture-capital industry’s haves and have-nots. Sequoia Capital , Greylock Partners , Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz are among the few firms that own stakes in the most valuable startups, giving them access to promising entrepreneurs and plenty of money for new funds. The majority of the industry, meanwhile, is struggling to raise capital.
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The Venture Capital Revival
There have been a number of narratives in circulation over the last year or so: the " we're in a tech bubble " (or "we're not in a tech bubble") narrative, the "venture capital is in decline" narrative (or " venture capital is broken "). So here's a new one to add to the mix: we're in a "venture capital revival." That's the argument being made by Clearstone Venture Partner 's Managing Director William Quigley.VC legends
How VC’s Win March 22, 2011 VC’s grill entrepreneurs all the time about how they will win vs. their competitors.
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Why Venture Capital Returns Are Going Up - Venture Capital Dispatch
( EDITOR’S NOTE : The following is a guest column from Rory O’Driscoll , entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist who blogs at VCMatters .
Noah Berger/Bloomberg News Sean Parker says venture firms are interested in investing in companies that they could sell to Google or Microsoft. “There’s too much money chasing too few deals.”
Sean Parker of Napster Sees Gloom in Venture Capital
As the Startup Funding Model Evolves, Angels are Winning: Tech News «
In the race to attract attention from startups and entrepreneurs, angel investors appear to be winning, and that’s accelerating an ongoing shift in the venture capital market — what some would argue is an evolution of the startup-funding model. A new survey from Dorsey & Whitney (PDF), a Silicon Valley law firm that specializes in advising startups, shows that startups are increasingly turning to angels, not just for their initial rounds of funding but for subsequent rounds as well.
There Are Two Venture Capital Industries
I attended a breakfast meeting the other day where David Silverman of PWC presented the latest Money Tree data on the venture capital business to a room full of entrepreneurs and VCs.
The segmentation of the venture industry cdixon.org – chris dixon's blog
Ford Motors dominated the auto market in the early 20th century with a single car model, the Model T.A Tale Of Two VC Industries: The Web Versus Cleantech
Last week, venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote a post pointing out that the VC industry is split in two : software-based businesses and everything else (specifically, “cleantech, biotech and other capital intensive businesses”).Venture Fund Performance
Sure! That would be real hand-made curation :-) But I'm still amazed by IRR of USV. That's not a f$cking hedge fund, for Christ's sake! It's pretty amazing.... by Sep 7
Yep. We should also look on the site of Calpers. They are the biggest investor in PE in the world and have a similar report. by Sep 7
IRR for Union Square Ventures 2004 fund: 48.37% Ouch.... by Sep 7
NOTE: I mislabeled the x-axis in the orginal charts in this post as "months since formation". They should have been labeled "quaters since formation".
Web 2.0 Is A Gift, Not A Threat, To VCs
Things I'd do if I ran a big VC firm
7 Sep 2010 - lower management fees so that they cover necessary expenses an reasonable salaries (e.g. 200K, not 3M). basically be like a startup and only make real money when your investors make money.Seed fund phenomenon
Ten Meetings Per Day
I was explaining how I go about finding deals yesterday to a friend of mine and I thought I ought to explain it to everyone.Europan VC: a controversial asset class?
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The dark side of VCs