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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. They both got very excited about the idea,” says Coats, who says he also studied the work of Harry Markowitz, a pioneer in portfolio theory (now a professor of finance at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management). © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc.

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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

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But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. Founded by friends Marc Català and Pablo Juncadella in 2003, the company grew quickly and now has offices in five cities around the world.

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FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap

thebarefootvc

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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Be a Pioneer not an Opportunist

thebarefootvc

I invested in Silicon Valley from 1999-2003 and in NYC pre and post 2008 financial crisis. I am not interested in the opportunists, either as co-investors or as portfolio CEOs. And now I can’t open a tech blog without reading about the new bubble or the Series A crunch. I’ve seen this movie twice before as a VC.

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FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap

thebarefootvc

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

After graduating from the ACL in London, he began his career in financial markets in 1995 as an equity and portfolio manager at Standard & Poor in London, taking up further posts at Alfred Berg/ABN AMRO in Moscow and PBS in Switzerland. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0 Tuesday, Jan 17th, 2012.

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Denouement

View from Seed

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. 2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. On paper, VC portfolios perform well.

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