The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 24, 2012

This comes on top of a lot of other negative news, including leading investors selling shares in the companies above at minimal profits, and CalPERS, traditionally one of the largest investors in venture capital, announcing that they have made a terrible 0.0 per cent return on venture over the last ten years.

IPO 101

IPO Valuation Silicon Valley Venture Capital 101

Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In Germany alone, there was something like 85 active funds in 2000. I wasn't in a position to inject further capital alone and I spent a year or two fighting to somehow try and save these businesses. Running around Europe trying to find lead investors for these businesses was priority number 1.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Europe Portfolio Germany 76

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191