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Startups With Real Revenue Can Get Venture Capital

Startup Professionals Musings

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S. billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. That represents a $1.5

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Investing Notes From The Inaugural Pre-Seed Summit

Haystack

OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing. This narrative was laced through the event, especially with the founder of Thumbtack, Marco Zappacosta, recounting his company’s financing story. Um… wow. 4/ LPs noted that the term “pre-seed” is really a U.S.

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ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. Labels: entrepreneur , seed investing , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2011. (7). ProfessorVC. Newer Post.