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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. You can’t scale a large business quickly on your $500,000 alone. The other major trend seems to be pulling in the opposite direction.

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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. Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model. link] Matt Wrench “The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds.