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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

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Take Five – Venture

VC Cafe

billion in 2,251 deals during the second quarter through June 15, versus about $70 billion in 3,369 deals in the first quarter • Declining valuations: In the secondary market for private equity, 55% of the equity offered for sale in May was offered at a discount to the companies’ valuations per share, compared with 47% in March and 35% in January.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Guss is 28 years old and he is the co-founder of Octane Lending. In 2014, the company raised $28 million in shareholder equity.

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Denouement

View from Seed

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. 2009-2011: Retrenchment. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.

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Denouement

Agile VC

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. 2009-2011: Retrenchment. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Panelists: Jeff Kupietzky MBA 98, CEO, Oversee.net.

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