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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. 2007 was the watershed year.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

A fund size of $100 million – $200 million is likely to either be an A round investor or “stage agnostic&#. A round investor implies they are the “first institutional money in the deal.&# GRP Partners is stage agnostic. I wouldn’t say the have NO firepower but it’s not likely a lot left.

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Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

Feld Thoughts

That generated a fun email exchange between us and prompted me to do an analysis on the locations of the direct investments that we’ve made since we started Foundry Group in 2007. We knew that some places, like NYC, Boston, and Seattle, where we already had deep networks, would be common places for us to invest.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. This is just the next phase of AngelList’s evolution into a one-stop shop for seed-stage companies and their backers. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. HTC One Review.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7 Lessons Learned.

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Will the Apple Vision Pro launch a new era in spatial computing?

VC Cafe

The biggest hardware launch by Apple since the iPhone was introduced in 2007, the Apple Vision Pro is a mixed reality headset and it’s about to send the world into a new era of spatial computing. Take a look at this patent for example that Apple filed back in 2007.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable. It is helping with recruiting by leveraging my networks and experience in a particular domain. And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable. All Rights Reserved.