Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 29, 2009
The venture firm was funded by Laurance Rockefeller and Lazard Freres, but after some dispute lost to the sands of time, Rockefeller pulled his financing, and the firm was dissolved after the first fund. The first limited partnership that lasted for a while was formed by Davis and Rock in 1961.
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Steve Blank
MARCH 22, 2009
Martin , on March 23, 2009 at 5:10 pm Said: A beautiful example of consilience. Reply Christine , on July 23, 2009 at 11:51 am Said: and how, Mr. Martin. Patrick , on March 23, 2009 at 5:19 pm Said: Great story. We witness similar behavior in corporate finance. what an excellent story, and an excellent mind.
Both Sides of the Table
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. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).
K9 Ventures
MAY 14, 2011
They are still individual investors, they invest on a full-time basis as professionals, but they have funds with Limited Partners. The limited partners may themselves run the gamut from individuals, family offices, venture capital funds to institutional LPs. Pooled resources or Limited Partners.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. million of limited partner commitments--a huge and exciting first step. It would be months before Foursquare's first round touched off a NYC venture frenzy.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
October 2009 (This essay is derived from a talk at the 2009 Startup School.) My relationship with my cofounder went from just being friends to seeing each other all the time, fretting over the finances and cleaning up shit. Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. What hadnt Iwritten about yet?
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