Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting. So now our collective companies are worth less.

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Valuation San Francisco Ratchet Liquidation Preference 466

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions. Private equity investing is a relationship business. Investors can tap this network for executive talent, followon financings, and eventually an exit.

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Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. While private equity has a history in the U.S.

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 5, 2014

First we announced a $35mm financing led by Vista Equity Partners, an exceptional private equity firm that I’d never heard of before the middle of the fundraising process a few months ago. This was a big week for Return Path. Lots of aspects of our jobs will. But that’s a good thing.

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Private Equity Syndicate Syndication Equity 125

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Renmin University was among the first universities to create a venture capital major in the School of Finance and teach venture capital for undergraduates. Mannie and I share a strong interest in research in the field of venture capital and private equity. In October 2010, our new textbook will become available.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

v) “Since 1999, over 60% of IPOs have been VC-backed. billion, followed by finance, 19 deals, and healthcare, 17 deals. Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too. .” (iii) “Roughly 600,000 new businesses (that employ others) are started each year in the U.S.” . (iv) ” (ix) The U.S.

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Term Sheet The latest on private equity, M&A, deals and movements — from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. The information is based on part of a confidential year-end 2011 investment report distributed to investors in a fund-of-funds that made commitments between 1999 and 2001. Accel Partners VII (1999): 89% (74%).

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Naming Term Sheet Private Equity Equity 49