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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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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. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. more than 5 years ago?—?and

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A Great Discussion with @skupor @davemcclure @msuster on Changes in the VC Industry

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We both agree that the later-stage valuations are being driven up to a point that feels irrationally priced [he uses b-round SaaS valuations as an example and I am willing to be even more broad based]. not in video but late stage valuations have grown 24% compounded years for the past 4 years which is higher than any segment.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? Some thoughts on raising angel money. When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. So let me weigh in more loudly than in the past.

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