Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 13, 2010
Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Andersen had lost its long-time CEO, George Shaheen, was hemorrhaging staff and wasn’t exactly known as being an Internet pioneer.
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View from Seed
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
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. Companies are retrenching, VC firms are going through their own upheavals, and IPOs are non-existent. Survival is the order of the day. Rowe Price, hedge funds, etc.
Ben's Blog
MAY 24, 2021
IPO market. billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St. With the benefit of increasing IPOs in the last few years, we are starting to see better growth: In 2020, there were close to 500 IPOs in the U.S.,
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. There is also True Ventures that does early stage, seed investments.
Mucker Lab
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Why should a public market downturn determine an investment in a startup that has seven to 10 years to go before it can even think about an IPO? The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing. The road ahead for entrepreneurs.
Agile VC
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
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. Companies are retrenching, VC firms are going through their own upheavals, and IPOs are non-existent. Survival is the order of the day. Rowe Price, hedge funds, etc.
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