Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more The value capture in the private markets has also led some hedge funds and other major non-private-market investors to become late-stage VCs.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Exit Problem. There are 20x more consumers online.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. Many actively managed funds lost a lot of money for their investors and failed to beat their benchmark. However, this is about to change.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114