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The IPO Market: Is Larry Bird Walking Through that Door?

Growthink Blog

For perspective, before 2001 over 40% of all venture capital exits were via initial public offerings. Or, in hard numbers from 1990 to 1996, 1,272 U.S. Since the Internet bubble burst in 2001, the number of IPOs hasn’t recovered to even 1980s levels. That's 30 years ago, folks. By 2010, that percentage had declined to a mere 3%.

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Kernel column: The LP update meeting

The Equity Kicker

As a reminder, LPs, or limited partners, are the investors in venture capital funds. One of our slides today showed VC exits over $100 million since 1996, split between the US and Europe. I’m just back from our semi-annual update to the LPs in one of our funds, and I thought I would share the experience with you all.

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 i. Median age of a venture backed company hits 8.7 iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 But it is not enough. Share and Enjoy:

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Mr. Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996.

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How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC

Feld Thoughts

But before Foundry Group, my partners and I were involved in many seed investments, both at Mobius Venture Capital. In addition, I’ve made many seed investments as an angel investor in two time periods,1994-1996 and 2006-2007, and seen many more through my involvement as a co-founder of TechStars. ?Our

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The New York Startup Market Rocks and is REAL

BeyondVC

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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The New York Startup Market Rocks and is REAL

BeyondVC

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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