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VC Paradox: The Best of Times & Worst of Times (Part I)

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In the past few weeks, we’ve seen extremely positive headlines about the surge in VC fundings like “ Venture Capital Hits Highest Level Since Dot-Com Bubble.” along “… with seed-round venture capital hit[ing] an all-time high ” [According to CB Insights ]. It must be the best of times for the industry with $8.1B

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Fellow VCs: Here’s Where to Invest $1B+

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The dotted red line above shows the average amount of capital raised by HBS founders between 2008 and 2010: $416M per year. Take that as a proxy, and it’s fairly safe to project that the HBS classes from 2012 onwards will likely raise a $1B in venture capital over the next few years.

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