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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. LP Constraints. Clearly, 0.62

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. At least for investment banks the answer is not so clear cut. In 2014 Granger, a Ph.D.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 2]

Agile VC

Back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, a flood of LP capital was coming into the VC asset class given the strong returns of the mid-late 90s tech boom/bubble. Though they only started in 2006, Foundry’s obviously off to a great start with investments in Zynga and AdMeld and a promising portfolio of others.

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The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet?

Agile VC

At Risk – Usually starts with a firm beginning to see challenges in large portions of its portfolio, or in keeping the partnership together, or in the viability of the firm’s core strategy as broader markets start to shift (e.g. Well first it’s worth understanding the distinct phases of exactly how a VC firm dies.

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Can VC’s Invest Across Two Funds?

Both Sides of the Table

As a reminder, VC funds are comprised of money from LP’s (Limited Partners) that include university endowments, pension funds, high-net-worth individuals, insurance companies and large corporations. In a single fund of $100 million you might have 30 difference LPs. Now, let’s get more ominous.

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How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO

firstround.com

When Google offered me a job in 2006, turning it down wasn’t an option. So, for what its worth -- and for all the engineers out there aspiring to become founders -- heres what I wish Id had on my list of unknown unknowns: Direction and faith. Learning & Development. Investment Team. Platform Team. First Round Capital. Categories.

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One Weird Trick to Build a Personal Brand

Both Sides of the Table

In 2006 when I was a budding entrepreneur building my second startup I ran into a young (ish) enthusiastic founder of an electronic signature company called EchoSign. I know it will be hard for you to believe in 2015 but in 2006 Palo Alto (where I lived) was kind of dead. Some background. But Jason took Quora usage to 11.

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