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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups. They should start “lean.&#

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. That means the vast majority of privately held companies are still very dependent on venture money to stay in business. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. Add to this that 72.7% Add to this that 72.7%