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The Opportunity / Growth Fund Trend

Feld Thoughts

Others had separate early stage funds and late stage funds, often with separate teams and economics (e.g. USV has done a magnificent job of investing in later stage rounds of their existing portfolio companies as well as later stage rounds of companies that fit tightly within their investment thesis.

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The Opportunity / Growth Fund Trend

Feld Thoughts

Others had separate early stage funds and late stage funds, often with separate teams and economics (e.g. USV has done a magnificent job of investing in later stage rounds of their existing portfolio companies as well as later stage rounds of companies that fit tightly within their investment thesis.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. So this has always been our most significant focus area, whether in 2022, 2021, or 2001. . Later stage, public companies are right-sizing their teams, so there are many opportunities out there. The theme of this episode is how to scale unicorns.

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Disrupting VC

thebarefootvc

I talked about creative disruption and how many significant companies would be formed as a result of this (not dissimilar to what I saw in Silicon Valley while investing post 2001 crash). Media outlets, from Mashable to the Wall Street Journal, didn’t think it was an interesting story at the time and it went unpublished.

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

David Teten

Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010. Battery & Sequoia data only include late stage/growth equity deals. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 44% 2001-2019 13.7% First, as the below chart shows, IPO pops are not a new phenomenon.

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