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January 2012 Top 100 Venture Capitalists to Follow on Twitter
Equity Financing Contacting The Venture Capitalist How to Pickup a Venture Capitalist
Health Care VC
Venture Capital/Startups
Getting a new business running sometimes means investing large sums of money, and when entrepreneurs don’t have the cash to make their visions reality, many turn to venture capitalists. Here is a look at where these deals are being approved, and which industries are commanding the highest investments. Brought to you by focus.com in collaboration with Column Five .
The Current State of Venture Capital - INFOGRAPHIC
Corporate VC
Russia
Bringing Back the Forbes Midas List of Top Venture Capitalists - Nicole Perlroth - Everything Ventured - Forbes
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. We were supposed to make a proper introduction, do breakfast at Buck’s, follow each other on Twitter ( @nicoleperlroth and you?), exchange links, share story ideas, maybe even a source or two. When I first moved to FORBES’ San Francisco bureau last summer from my post as a deputy op-ed editor in New York, the idea was I would start writing about venture capital full-time—exits, egos, angels, et al. Hence the title of my new blog, Everything Ventured .
Incubators
Groups/Organizations
VCJ
Angels
Secondaries / Exchanges
Wikipedia With its reputation tarnished by poor returns and bloated funds raised over the past decade, the industry is rapidly downsizing. In the last two years, 252 venture firms only raised $25.2 billion – a big drop from the $68.7 billion raised by 419 funds in the two years before that. It’s clear that investors in venture funds are reconsidering their relationships with poor-performing firms, or eschewing venture capital altogether.
Back To The Future For Venture Capital Funds? - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ
It’s easy to adapt to challenges you face many times. It’s difficult to be good at the things you rarely confront. Knowing how to adapt to seldom seen circumstances is the key to driving a start-up forward. This past January, we held our annual First Round Capital CEO Summit to bring together our portfolio company CEOs and founders for a day. Our goal is to keep the day focused on topics that the CEOs can use in the daily operations of their businesses. We’ve been luck enough to have some great speakers join us, but the meat of the day is in the breakout discussions.
This Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out « The Cornice
Europe
18 Zombie Venture Capital Firms - Maureen Farrell - Scaling Up - Forbes
Image by http://heatherbuckley.co.uk via Flickr Typically, venture capital firms raise a new fund no more than four years after launching a previous one. But the last decade has seen such poor returns that many firms haven’t managed to raise significant amounts of money to start new funds. Click here for why the “aughts” were so difficult for most VC firms.
China VC/startups
VC - Silicon Valley ecosystem
The Seven Best Places to Close a Deal in Silicon Valley | Xconomy
I like studying what works and what doesn’t. I focus more of my time on the former, but often learn more from the latter. I compile tactical, earthy techniques from my mentors’ books and sprinkle in a bit of technology. Think of my maneuvers as real-world Google Analytics, but with a focus on extrapolating future conditions and outlining countermeasure options for when the shitake hits the fan. With that introduction…Here is my list of the seven best places to close a deal in Silicon Valley.Venture Capital / Angels
VCs + Investors
funding companies
VC firms