Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. From first hand experience, we certainly felt the market conditions and the funding process was much more difficult than anticipated. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations. ProfessorVC.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

K9’s last fund, K9 Ventures II, L.P., It was a conscious decision to maintain the fund size at the same level, despite both market pressure (larger rounds at earlier stages) and demand pressure (lots of LP money entering the stage) to raise a larger fund. I first thought about starting K9 in 2008. was a $40M fund.

Technology 96

Technology LP San Francisco Portfolio 96

Altgate

MAY 1, 2009

I’m a visual person so here’s how I see it: Entrepreneurs start companies and the founders (“F&# in my chart) invest capital which they grow with sweat equity and then limited partners (“LPs&# ) invest capital via VCs which in turn grows the pie to the eventual “exit&# (which comes in the form of M&A or IPOs).

Sweat Equity 28

Sweat Equity Private Equity IPO Venture Capital 28

Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

I say ecosystem as opposed to industry because it is not just the VC funds themselves that are imploding, instead the collapse includes entrepreneurs and startups that were funded by VCs, angel investors, service providers like lawyers, bankers and accountants as well as limited partner investors in VC funds.

Later Stage 34

Later Stage Early Stage Venture Capital Portfolio 34

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. You’re meeting people who can give you market insights and information. Of course much of it is conflicting.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Id break down into two separate pieces - financial analysis and business/market analysis. On the other side, you have Market Analysis (96%) followed by gut (67%). This brings up the age old question on whether you are investing in markets or teams. Labels: due diligence , financial analysis , venture capital.

San Jose 33

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 9, 2008

The bottomline is that this is the worst time in history for the venture capital industry. The stories of doom and gloom in the venture business are everywhere. Here are just a couple that I’ve come across recently: TechCrunch: The End of Venture Capital As We Know It? NY Times Bits: I.P.O.

Venture Capital 48

Venture Capital Capital Call Portfolio Stock 48

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Apparently, venture capital is a cruddy asset class where you can't get returns over the long term. That might make sense, if venture capital was an asset class. Saying that venture capital is an asset class is like saying that Italians are a race. Hedge funds largely take market returns out of the equation.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Equity Engineer Limited Partner 113