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When Bad News Is Actually Good News

Babbling VC

Hypothesis 3: Insufficient diversification in European VC managers’ portfolios . Funds at the top end have increased in size and seed funds which have established themselves tend to have more to work with than 10 years ago. Hypothesis 4: European VC managers have an inappropriate background . This for me is a no-brainer.

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What the West needs to know about Russia’s tech scene

The Next Web

Nick Davidov is the Investment Director at iTech Capital and Managing Director of The Pult Group. Much of the slack at seed stage funding is taken up by the Russian state. Asia Entrepreneur Europe Insider' For many investors and entrepreneurs in the West, doing business in Russia can seem like a step into the unknown.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. From an investment point of view, managing and deploying capital in the same physical area makes sense, where investors can work with young companies and help them with a variety of things.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

However, we’d argue that for most smaller managers who are not brand names, it’s better to be highly identified in your niche than being a generalist. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. Most LPs we speak with agree. . 3) Geography-defined funds.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. Scanning / Document Management. Project Management tools. Part 4- Closing.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. Social publishing company Acquia has raised $30 million to help expand in the enterprise market in Europe and Asia Pacific. Asia’s mobile chat apps show how it’s done.