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. That never would have happened 10 years ago.
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.
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ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Springboard debuted in 2009 as an " accidental incubator " emerging from the company Red Gate Software. Springboard aims to help early stage startups. Applications for the Spring 2001 program are now open. Springboard has launched a new mentorship-led accelerator program for European startups.
BeyondVC
JANUARY 3, 2019
No matter what economic cycle we go through, Fortune 500 companies need to invest in software.”. Designing software with a privacy-first mentality becomes a core theme in 2019. Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned. Fortune December 2019 Investor Roundtable.
K9 Ventures
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed and early stage funds now than ever before, and more people willing to give money to young companies looking to make it big. In late 2000, early 2001 I started my second company to test whether I can build a successful company again.
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago.
rapidrollout.wordpress.com
JANUARY 15, 2011
Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Not all software developers are suited to the role of startup CTO. Beware, however!
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