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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups. Likewise, early-stage investors may not appreciate just how much follow-on support their portfolio companies will need. So, how have Version One portfolio companies done in this environment? 2016 for Version One companies.

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

1994 – present. To succeed in the space, angels must have a high risk tolerance, a large bank account to weather losses, and most important, a diverse enough portfolio to handle losing money on most of your investments. Of course, investing in a diversified portfolio is a significant time commitment. Time Period.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

The explanation for the discrepancy is simple: large banks are focused on sourcing and scaling loans over one million dollars, cross-selling products to their customers, and driving down costs through standardized operating procedures and technology. Lenders can secure loans with equipment, a stock portfolio, or other assets.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Secondly, the driver of returns for the funds raised in 1978 – 1981 was not their underlying portfolios, at what stage, or in what industries they were built. By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” Instead, the driver was the 1983 bull market. This isn’t correct either. A good example is Symantec.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems. You have a company called Oblong (in your portfolio) which is a Minority Report type company. As a result I got to see some deals and get involved with some deals and I made some investments with my own money.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. In the Andreessen Horowitz portfolio, no companies deploy applications on premise, every employee has a mobile device and all deploy modern social software. Marc released Mosaic in 1993. So what will become of IT?

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The Story of How/Why K9 Invested in Pragli

K9 Ventures

In CS147 one of the video we showed to the class was the Sun Starfire concept video that was produced in 1994. They operate at a pace that far exceeds that of any other companies and founding teams that I have worked with. The seeds of this were sown decades ago when I was TAing CS147: Introduction to HCI at Stanford with my Ph.D.

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