Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. While this it total FDI as opposed to just venture, it should give you an indication of the international trend. Baidu alone raised $3.2
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0
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Austin Startup
MARCH 15, 2021
The Capital Factory Texas Fund is backed by many of the most successful CEOs and technology investors in Texas and across the U.S., Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors.
K9 Ventures
DECEMBER 9, 2008
The bottomline is that this is the worst time in history for the venture capital industry. The stories of doom and gloom in the venture business are everywhere. Here are just a couple that I’ve come across recently: TechCrunch: The End of Venture Capital As We Know It? This ties the hands of venture firms.
Andrew Payne
MARCH 25, 2009
The venture capital business is in the middle of a shakeout. For too long, venture’s been over-funded and over-staffed with homogeneity: the same kinds of partners, operating with the same fund model, looking at the same investments, in the same markets. LPs missing capital calls (a very big deal).
The Equity Kicker
OCTOBER 21, 2015
In the world of startups and venture capital all the money is concentrated in a small number of winners and average returns are probably below zero. Doing better than average requires what Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital called ‘different and better’ thinking in a recent memo to his investors.
Professor VC
JANUARY 20, 2009
The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. We decided to raise some venture debt as an insurance policy and extend our cash runway. million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process.
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