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What’s the difference between “No” vs. “Not Yet” from a VC?

View from Seed

This was back in January 2012, a simpler time… when there was only one kind of seed round, when Series A firms invested pre-revenue, etc. Some Series A are very active at the seed stage, with a lot of Series A rounds they lead coming from their seed portfolio (True Ventures and Accomplice are good examples of this).

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. So Coats and Kienzle set up Correlation to be a co-investor, not take board seats, and invest quickly—making it easier for lead investors and companies to quickly put a round together. Biologist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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Startup Valuations – Again….

ithacaVC

Here is a post from October 2012. And here is a post from November 2012. In a world where only the 1000x companies make back portfolios, this is really important. [2] For some investors, this is the most important attribute and they won’t invest unless it’s a huge market. And… here is a post from July 2013.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). Tuesday, Jan 17th, 2012.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

This brought in a new set of prospective investors and required a lower investment from the lead investor as our existing investors were committed and on board. Our lead investor, Triangle Peak Partners closed on a $170 million first fund in late 2008. ► 2012. (1). No comments: Post a Comment.