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

Version One Ventures

We raised our first fund in summer 2012. No matter the vertical, geography, business model, macro or micro trends, entrepreneurs form the nucleus of a generational company. Amazing, mission-driven founders are found throughout our portfolio. Backing the next generation of mission-driven founders”.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012. Buyers aren’t oblivious to the fact that funds need to sell older portfolio companies and an oversupply relative to demand means that prices should still be challenged going forward.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

techcrunch.com

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. The fund views its portfolio startups as fulfilling one of the three layers of the “Big Data stack”: 1. The top layer of applications and services that use the innovations of the first two layers to transform vertical markets (e.g, Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. Each of Feenix’s portfolio companies receives an investment in debt or equity and utilizes a subsidiary of Feenix as its credit card payment processor (“Feenix Payment Systems”). 10% of Feenix’s portfolio companies have received VC equity prior to their financing.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Three Open Opportunities For 2012

ReadWriteStart

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: AngelList.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. Source: AngelList.

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