Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. At the other end of the spectrum large funds have gotten even larger in the past few years which has massively increased the amount of consolidation in our industry as 66% of LP money into venture is now concentrated in late-stage or full-cycle VCs. Why is this?

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

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. Fund I, which I often refer to as a demonstration fund, started in 2009 with $6.25M under management.

Technology 96

Technology LP San Francisco Portfolio 96

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

And I sincerely hope that this post does a good job of addressing what Pre-Seed really is. Q: Define Pre-Seed? Or What is Pre-Seed? Pre-Seed is the first institutional capital invested in a company. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Where did the term Pre-Seed come from? By definition, yes.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82