Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2014
We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Family Offices (of high-net-worth individuals or families). We raised $280 million.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] After all, most people don’t understand that “venture capital is a get rich slowly&# scheme. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2021
They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) You need shots on goal as not every one will go in the back of the net. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Instead of measuring success in dollars of profit, …firms focus on measuring capital efficiency. Perhaps that’s because where established companies might see risks or threats, startups see opportunity.
Reid Hoffman
JULY 30, 2020
This is why top venture capital firms like Greylock and others are actively investing, especially at the seed and Series A stages. The series D insured that Linkedin had the capabilities to play both offense and defense in the 2008 crisis. While older companies are losing jobs, entrepreneurs are creating them.
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