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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). It’s just not me. So we’re back to building real businesses.

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[Event] [Singapore] Techventure 2011: A Sign of Increasing Asian Technology Innovation

YoungUpstarts

Global Money Flow – From the West to Asia. This year’s Techventure conference aims to capitalize on the wealth of promising talent, innovations and technologies in Asia, which are waiting to be discovered by venture capitalists and private equity players from around the globe.” Ongoing Challenges.

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Book: King of Capital

Feld Thoughts

While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. The first is from David Rubenstein (Carlyle Group co-founder – one of Blackstone’s competitors) in 2006. It was indeed private equity’s moment.

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New Book by Professor Mannie Manhong Liu and Pascal Levensohn– Venture Capital: Theory and Practice, published by the University of International Business and Economics Press, Beijing

Pascal's View

In 2006, China’s total venture capital investment reached $1.78 B, becoming number two globally, next to the US; the US venture capital investment was $25.6B Mannie and I share a strong interest in research in the field of venture capital and private equity. that year, accounting for 67.9% of the world total ($37.7b).

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking. Click here to make a reservation.

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

David Teten

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. 2006) [iii]. By analogy, look at a middle market private equity firms such as the Riverside Company.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Panel 2 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Investments in Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Other Alternatives. The second panel will focus on collaborative investing in non-public alternative investments (private equity, venture capital, receivables, etc.). .