Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2013
I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Let’s start with the fund. What’s up with that?
Pascal's View
AUGUST 28, 2010
6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. The evidence: (i) Startups are responsible for virtually all the new jobs created in the United States since 1977 (Source: Kauffman Foundation). By contrast, in their first year, new firms add an average of 3 million jobs.”. (ii) GDP growth, the U.S.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 27, 2014
A major chunk of this activity is provided by the new class of Super Angels, who may look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Brian Cohen , chairman of the New York Angels, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. For reason number two people pay a higher price & rent in New York than they do in San Antonio, Texas. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 27, 2014
Firstly growth in investment is far slower now than it was then, and secondly at $8bn per quarter total investments now are less than half the Q1 2000 peak. Also of interest from the CBInsights data is that funding in New York grew a whopping 49% in 2013 to $2.9bn. New York has leapt some way ahead of us.
www.usatoday.com
JULY 16, 2012
The nation is in a sharing mood — and start-ups are capitalizing on it. By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY Neville Clubwala, a Taskrabbit worker in New York City, delivers cupcakes from Butter Lane bakery and champagne, to a recipient who received a promotion. Share your sewing machine at Zilok or trade it for an iPod at Swap.com.
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