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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

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. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

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Oh S**t, Your VC Just Quit Her Fund! What a Good CEO Should Do Next.

Hunter Walker

Across town a different CEO is having a breakfast with her Series A Board partner. You almost spit out your coffee when she lets you know that she’s leaving for a Tier 1 firm but that her partners John, John Jr or Robert will be great stewards of your startup until she has the pull at her new gig to lead your next round.

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Addressing The VC Seed Investor Signaling Problem

Feld Thoughts

Last week I spoke with a partner at a large VC firm whose firm has been around for a long time. The partner that I talked to told me that they are doing 30 seed investments out of their newest fund. The partner that I talked to told me that they are doing 30 seed investments out of their newest fund.

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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Access to the partner. If you’ve put money into a fund, I think it’s reasonable to expect that partner to check out the deal flow that you find on your own, and let you know what they think.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.

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