David Teten

JUNE 14, 2011

Since 1999, ff has made over 100 investments in over 35 companies , and from the beginning has been highly focused on generating industry leading returns. Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. Official blog post and more details here.

Venture Capital 122

Venture Capital Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio 122

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. Many modern entrepreneurs have limited exposure to the notion of failure or layoffs because it has been so long since these things were common in the industry.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. Hambrecht and Quist (based in San Francisco) which was one of four investment banks that catered to the entrepreneurs and VC-backed companies through the late 1990’s. This data set looks at 8,610 IPOS over 39 years from 1980-2019.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82