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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. The most visible evidence of the trend towards automation is an increasing number of engineers working at venture capital and private equity funds.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. In 2017, Softbank rounds caught folks’ attention. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

Austin-Based Venture Capital Firms There are a eleven venture capital firms based in Austin that are actively investing today, six of which are first funds. VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

So, four years later, DPI is still trying to catch up with TVPI from 2017. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Or simply put, a small % of VC funds take home a large % of venture return.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

So, four years later, DPI is still trying to catch up with TVPI from 2017. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Or simply put, a small % of VC funds take home a large % of venture return.

Valuation 295
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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

So, four years later, DPI is still trying to catch up with TVPI from 2017. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Or simply put, a small % of VC funds take home a large % of venture return.

Valuation 156