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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

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B is for BUBBLE: Venture Capital in 2013

VC Cafe

Now the cost of entry to the Party is rising. Across all investment stages, median pre-money valuations last year rose dramatically. In 2014 we are looking for innovations around better mobile advertising. The bull market will celebrate its 5 th anniversary in March (NASDAQ grew 38.3%