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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. The top quartile DPI for the 2012 vintage is 0.62.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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An update on Version One’s thesis: backing mission-driven founders

Version One Ventures

Backing the next generation of mission-driven founders”. We raised our first fund in summer 2012. But ultimately, as our interests change, the one constant has been the founder. You’ll note the description “mission-driven founders.” Amazing, mission-driven founders are found throughout our portfolio.

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Making Good Decisions Still Means You're Sometimes Wrong.

Agile VC

I looked at this founder’s prior startup, which ultimately had a successful exit, and then was happy to connect with him again as he launches a new project. I’ve always respected Bessemer for publishing their “ Anti-Portfolio ” on their website. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

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Crowd Funding Has Not Killed Angel Investing Yet

Startup Professionals Musings

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. billion collected in 2012. I just don’t see it happening any time soon. They will need more money.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

January 4, 2012. Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. And Why 20%?

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Nailing that elusive technical co-founder

www.kernelmag.com

Thursday, 8 March 2012. The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. But if tools are plentiful and costs resemble rounding errors, what stands in the way of the would-be entrepreneur of 2012? Are there any ‘Founders Dating’ events coming up?”. New technology for enquiring minds. Andy Young.