View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you look 5 years later at the 2012 vintage, top quartile TVPI is 2.29. The top quartile DPI for the 2012 vintage is 0.62. So, that means that the top quartile fund has distributed 62% of paid-in capital after 7 years. And over time, if VC is performing well, the LP may actively manage up their allocation to venture.

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David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

Source: AON Hewitt 2012 Health Care Survey , based on World Economic Forum data. All venture capital and NIH funding data for CY 2010 – 2014 in USA. Active Living Analytics and Data Contributed Articles ff Venture Capital Fitness Food Healthcare Venture Capital' Source: NIH, CB Insights.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Non-Compete Philadelphia 60

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

When I started Version One Ventures in 2012, every experienced VC shared the same rule of thumb: we had to return 3x net consistently to stay in business (i.e. 3x the invested capital net of fees over a period of about ten years for a net IRR in the low twenties).

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Venture Capital IRR Private Equity Seed Stage 201

www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. July 9, 2012 at 10:21 am by John Cook Leave a Comment. Dispatches from the Digital Frontier.

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Venture Capital Seattle Cofounder Software Engineering 42

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

With venture capitalists around the world shifting their focus to Asia, here are 5 ways the surge in venture capital fundraising is shaking up the startup landscape in the region. KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3 Drives development in technology.

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Venture Capital Asia Artificial Inteligence Later Stage 175

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2012

So, how should you go about raising money in 2012? For example, if you're not a technology company and you haven't already proven your concept, venture capital is probably not right for you. For example, even if your company may not be ready for venture capital for another 12 months, start meeting with venture capitalists now.

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Bootstrapping Venture Capital Finance Business Plan 108

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Myth #1: Venture capital is a growing opportunity for funding businesses. Actually, venture capital financing is very rare. I’ll explain this more later, but assume that only a very few high-growth companies with high-power management teams are venture opportunities. Venture capital.

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SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor. HW: Greenhouse, which powers the hiring process from sourcing to onboarding for thousands of companies, will soon be a teenager, having been founded in 2012.

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Private Equity Equity DC Leveraged Buyout 78

VC Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2013

Forbes released the 2013 Midas List for Venture Capital today, proving that to be successful in VC, all you need is one big hit. Five of the top ten names on the list invested in Facebook, the largest tech IPO of 2012. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Venture Capital IPO Naming 167

David Teten

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We would like to wish you Happy Holidays from ff Venture Capital! Many thanks to David Lerner @ davidblerner of Venture Studio , and CityState. This video gives you a sense of our “ fitness office ” during the holidays. There’s also a few shots of my in-office workout.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

. Techventure , one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs, is back. which celebrates the vibrant developments taking place in Asia that have helped Asian corporations take the lead and capitalize successfully in many areas of technology. Innovation.

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Singapore Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Private Equity 159

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. These also open new concerns about lost intellectual property, Internet scams, and long-term return on investment.

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Intellectual Property SEC Venture Capital Equity 247

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor. Venture Capital innovation people. Steve Seitz.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

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.

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Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor IRR 278

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

I’ve just re-read the a 2012 report by the Kauffman Foundation about the contractual relationship between venture capital funds (often called GPs, short for General Partner) and their investors (often called LPs, short for Limited Partners). Venture Capital' Transparency and alignment. Both very important.

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Venture Capital Limited Partner Portfolio Partner 108

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate. Watching him develop over the past 4.5

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Partner South Korea Venture Capital Europe 150

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In 2018, venture capital investments in Latin America doubled for the second consecutive year, according to LAVCA’s Annual Review of Tech Investment in Latin America. Colombia received $334M of investment in 2018, a nearly 5x increase in venture capital from the year before. Increased foreign investment.

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Colombia America Technical Review Startup 146

David Teten

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

We are excited to announce that as of November 30, ff Venture Capital closed on a $27 million fund, ff Silver. ff Silver plans on investing in about 10 additional innovative companies in 2012, with the remainder of the fund used to invest in follow-on rounds from our prior investments.

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Venture Capital Portfolio Search 141

David Teten

JULY 17, 2012

If you’re interested in learning more about venture capital, or our fast-growing portfolio of tech startups, consider applying below. Read about our previous interns: Spring 2012. Specifically, we are looking for an intern to join our team to finish out the Summer and transition into the Fall. Summer 2011.

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Venture Capital Portfolio Community Developer 114

Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

To increase your chances of venture capital financing, you’ll need to lower the risks as much as possible, such as: Bootstrapping as long as you can to get a working prototype into the market. For example, Pebble (a watch that wirelessly connects to a smartphone and displays its messages) raised $10M on Kickstarter in 2012.

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Venture Capital Software Review Incubator Startup 128

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Since 2012, the city has had an average growth of 21% in the business sector, with 2015 showing growth of 38% alone. Today, institutions like the Launch Pad University and Americas Venture Capital Conference mean that a city is a hot place for startups to get financed.

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America Miami Seattle Portland 100

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. Las Vegas, NV.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

million in venture capital to move. Since 2012, it produced half of all the tech jobs added to Canada, per the CBRE research done on Canadian tech talent. Montreal is a spot for new start-ups and venture capital. Per an Industry West Magazine article , the tech sector in the province accounts for 2.5%

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Canada Hiring Artificial Inteligence Software Developers 149

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the.

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Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

VC Adventure

JANUARY 7, 2013

A couple of years ago I posted about what I thought would be the “new era of Venture Capital.” From that post: I believe what we’re going to see in the venture industry is a bifurcation of fundraising– basically a barbell on the graph of fund sizes.

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Venture Capital Limited Partner Early Stage Equity 95

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced. Many tried and couldn’t get in.

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Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG. Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. ( This post co-written with Koen Bremer , Gyorgy Buslig , and Adham Hussein. I’ve also posted this at Betabeat.).

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Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York and the.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Venture capital and other forms of seed funding have been crucial for the development of the best online colleges. Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms. By Estelle Shumann*.

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Venture Capital Michigan Seed Capital Programming 96

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What are your predictions for the road ahead.

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Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

Up and Running

JULY 23, 2014

Startups looking for angel investors or venture capital (VC) absolutely need an exit strategy because investors require it. So startups looking for angel investors or venture capital (VC) absolutely need an exit strategy because investors require it. The exit is what gives them a return. last December.

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Exit Strategy Software Review Angel Investor Startup 131

David Teten

JANUARY 31, 2012

ff Venture Capital will be there. The New York Fundingpost VC and Angel Showcase will be next Tuesday, Feb. 37 VC Funds & Angel Groups will be exhibiting their firms during a cocktail party setting from 6:00PM to 9:00PM. The event is sponsored by Credit Suisse, WeiserMazars, Morgan Lewis and SocialRadius.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. We were roommates at the time and launched two different companies out of a kind-of dumpy apartment: We both went on to raise millions in venture capital and build meaningful businesses in interesting spaces. Factom, Inc.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Austin 48

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) It usually doesn’t end well.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both. Top five states for venture capital. Most active venture capital firm.

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Massachusetts Silicon Valley Venture Capital California 249

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2014

Idaho has topped the annual Small Business Friendliness survey conducted by the Kauffman Foundation and Thumbtack.com since 2012. North Carolina is also one of the top states in the country for venture capital investment. Over the past forty years, venture capitalists poured $8 billion into nearly 500 companies in the state.

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