This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. What was notable was how similar they all sounded—that is, until I got the pitch from Brad and Fred at Union Square Ventures.

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Artificial Inteligence Business Model Mobile Venture Capital 99

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. LPs Haven’t Yet Grokked the Long Game While the VC community realized 5ish years ago that short-termism in venture capital didn’t make sense and has capitalized on the scale advantages of letting companies go long, the LP community by and large hasn’t totally grokked this.

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Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

My first company (Feld Technologies) was one of the first Microsoft Solution Providers ( Dwayne Walker , are you still out there somewhere?) I’m not talking about a sales situation – separate that out – but rather a long-term business partnership, joint development, or technology partnership.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Was this a lost decade for venture capital? But are we also enjoying a period of unparalleled growth and opportunity led by high-growth technology companies? The answer is likely a mix of both.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001. I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004. I met Brad and Fred in the Summer of 2004, agreeing to join them later that year--my first job at a fund. Venture Capital & Technology'

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Was this a lost decade for venture capital? But are we also enjoying a period of unparalleled growth and opportunity led by high-growth technology companies? The answer is likely a mix of both.

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

It gained recognition during the 2004 presidential campaign when Howard Dean’s IT director decided to use it as a platform for community and campaigning. Dries has carefully pushed the technology not to the bleeding edge, but towards the modern edge where enterprises are comfortable.

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Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The best example I have of this is looking at what happened with YouTube; it came about at the right time, with the right team, and the right technology. Well, for starters I don’t believe there was the ubiquity of broadband that existed in 2004-2005. The Right Technology. The Right Time. Flash/YouTube example).

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Technology Flash Early Stage Cofounder 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Was this a lost decade for venture capital? But are we also enjoying a period of unparalleled growth and opportunity led by high-growth technology companies? The answer is likely a mix of both.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. Well, it turned out the company was probably too early to the market--and while that gave them a lot of time to create the best technology, customer traction wasn''t happening nearly as fast as we were spending money on AWS. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Louisville Term Sheet Kentucky Ukraine 102

VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Since I’ve started writing about Israeli startups in 2004, there has never been any event like October 7 and the war that followed. Imagindairy creates animal-free milk proteins from microorganisms via proprietary precision-fermentation technology. The list goes on and on. Fast forward to mid 2020, at the peak of Covid.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital 78

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

According to a study by CB Insights (2017), a software that gathers essential data from investors, companies and industries, more than 70% of startups do not exceed the first stage of venture capital investment. The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. Why do so many companies fail?

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Venture Capital Cofounder Finance United States 77

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

There are a million things they can do in the world, but the spend most of their time looking for the next great technology company that sells a better widget, but doesn’t necessarily change their life in any meaningful way. I had my first exit when I sold my first company (Feld Technologies) at age 28. Totally brilliant.

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Alaska Widget Colorado Angel Investor 166

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Formerly known as Fonelet Technologies. Current round: $10mm in Series E from Alloy Ventures, Lightspeed, and Walden International. Current round: $8.5mm Series-C led by Jafco Ventures with DCM , Emergence Capital, and August Capital participating. Total raised: $30mm.

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San Francisco Los Angeles Cofounder SMS 230

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Current round: $7.0mm Series-B led by MK Capital, withClearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. New capital to be used for international expansion and to challenge Skype. Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni.

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San Francisco Venture Capital Analytics Government 248

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. 2001-2004 were very humbling but we built a real company.

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South Africa Europe Disintermediation Poland 310

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2017

We took the opportunity as part of this year’s FUND Conference to get some insights from a couple of influential startup capital providers. Two of the panel participants have different funding perspectives, one venture capital and the other crowdfunding. Rumi Morales. Please tell us what you do Rumi and why you got started. .

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Early Stage SEC Chicago Venture Capital 69

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

Peter Lehrman, CEO, AxialMarket Daniel Confino, Founder, MergerID ( a Financial Times business) Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners. His professional career has been substantially dedicated to building high-value technology-powered B2B marketplaces where many thought they couldn’t exist.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

Would you be surprised to know that almost half of the dot com companies founded when the boom started in 1996 were still around in 2004--four years after the peak of the NASDAQ? Because most internet business concepts were not capable of productively employing tens of millions of dollars of venture capital does not mean they were bad ideas."

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Hockey Stick Valuation Startup Maryland 60

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2012

For perspective, before 2001 over 40% of all venture capital exits were via initial public offerings. For the period from 2004 to 2010 a mere 324 did. That's 30 years ago, folks. By 2010, that percentage had declined to a mere 3%. Or, in hard numbers from 1990 to 1996, 1,272 U.S. companies went public. Will it help?

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IPO Private Equity Initial Public Offering Balance Sheet 78

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). So how did I come to work in the world of venture capital? million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Bryce Dot VC

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The idea behind Sessions is to have a monthly “fireside chat” with a new roster of big thinkers and doers in technology, venture capital, design, branding and general entrepreneurship. My hope with Sessions is to create an event I wished were around when I was just getting started as a career-long entrepreneur.

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Utah Silicon Valley India Cofounder 56

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Ironically our business started to perform very will by 2004 but by then management had lost the dream of a huge upside. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. I took money with a 3x participating preferred liquidation preference with 8% compounded interest annually.

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Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. The post FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

We have equal ownership in the company and Im pretty sure he got the short end of that stick. :) Permalink | in Path 101 , Venture Capital & Technology | Share Article Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. and thats how I found him when I walked in at 7:50AM this morning.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Startup Due Diligence 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. The post FuturePerfect Ventures: A 2015 Recap appeared first on The Barefoot VC. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

Fitness/life guru Tim Ferriss just posted my guest article on ff Venture Capital ‘s approach to building a fitness office. UPDATE: ff Venture Capital was recently profiled in The Roger, an online magazine that profiles creative workspaces. According to a 2003-2004 U.S. Technology. Thanks Tim!)

Product 166

Product Portfolio Venture Capital Vesting 166

Altgate

JANUARY 28, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Randy Komisar on Failure Serial Inventor Woody Norris Talks Innovation at TED → What is the World’s Largest Fraud? Posted on January 28, 2009 by fnazeeri Hint: it’s not Bernie Madoff.

Advertising 45

Advertising Venture Capital Global Restful 45

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. Technology to the Rescue? From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. in exchange for $70,000 in venture capital and a $30,000 loan from the early venture firm. WSJ Classroom.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

When told of Musk’s comment’s, Buffett acknowledged that technological change has made moats more vulnerable but not irrelevant. Until 2004, when the U.S. It’s one that many venture capital–funded startups deploy. Technological change, however, has created opportunities for new kinds of moats. Image source ).

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302