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JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).

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APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. What will matter are: whether the people who invest in VC funds (LPs or Limited Partners) increase their activity and the performance of that actual fund. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). If you’re raising money in Financial Services I’ve never met a more knowledgeable investor than my partner, Brian McLoughlin. So why would raising venture capital be any different.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Let’s be honest – the same is true for VC’s. So eventually the money has to start flowing.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations. Without all of the legacy issues, they have the capital and time to seek, evaluate and actively work on new opportunities. ► 2008. (14).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Was amused to read about Right Side Capital this week. Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. ► 2008. (14). Well, Im back.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. Labels: due diligence , financial analysis , venture capital. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. ► 2008. (14).

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