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Making Good Decisions Still Means You're Sometimes Wrong.

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I’ve always respected Bessemer for publishing their “ Anti-Portfolio ” on their website. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

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January 4, 2012. Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

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Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%?

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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

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Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ). Even if you’re top decile for your vintage year (e.g.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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I hate indulging in wanton portfolio self-promotion, but my partners & I are incredibly excited about these companies and will undoubtedly continue to make more investments in this vein. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am.

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Ethos: What 'Blank Canvas' Means to NextView ? AGILEVC

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April 27, 2012. I wouldn’t say we’re radically reinventing venture capital and there are many firms we respect who have been innovating recently in connecting a portfolio of startups into a network , taking a different approach to how to staff a VC firm , and even the pace of VC investing. How To Think About The Future.

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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

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February 21, 2012. Our portfolio has grown to 15 companies today, the bulk of which is on the US East Coast and roughly half the companies have already progressed from the seed stage to completing Series A rounds. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way.

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