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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

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Although there are many factors at work, one challenge of those vintages is that most of those portfolios more or less came of age when the 2008 economic crisis occurred. In looking at the data, it’s interesting to note that the TVPI for funds from 2002-2006 is pretty weak.

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State of VC 2.0

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At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. That’s actually the vintage with the highest TVPI for top-quartile funds, so it’s a relatively high-water mark for the venture industry right now. The median VC fund generated about 2.3x

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. That’s actually the vintage with the highest TVPI for top-quartile funds, so it’s a relatively high-water mark for the venture industry right now. The median VC fund generated about 2.3x

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Harvard’s Big Moves to Improve Its Startup Spirit: An HBS Student’s Take

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Harvard’s original plans were scrapped following the 2008 financial crisis, as the Harvard endowment failed to deliver the performance that was required to fund the new campus. Harvard is betting big that a mashup of business school and engineering buildings will make each better. This plan for expansion didn’t always seem so likely.

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What Are Pre-Seed Rounds and Why Do They Exist?

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For reference, First Round Capital and Softech were founded in 2004 (although they were less institutional early on), Floodgate in 2006, Harrison Metal in 2008, etc. So, between 2008 and 2013, the early-stage landscape looked more like the middle segment of the chart.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

At that time, the market had enjoyed a decent recovery from the economic crisis of 2008, but hadn’t quite fully recovered to its highs in 2007. That’s actually the vintage with the highest TVPI for top-quartile funds, so it’s a relatively high-water mark for the venture industry right now. The median VC fund generated about 2.3x

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Harvard Is a Hotbed for Entrepreneurs (But Needs More Authenticity, Less Whiteboarding)

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Editor’s note: We recently published original research on the startup activity of Harvard Business School classes between 2008 and 2014. Since the class of 2008, founders have raised over $2.5 This is a paraphrased summary of that interview. Why did you do this report? billion coming out of HBS.