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What Do Industry Insiders Think Will Happen in VC in 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

They point to some widely known facts: financings & valuations are up massively over the past 7 years and non-VC money has entered the system. Median pre-money valuations skyrocketed – shooting up 3x in just three years as investors competed to christen imaginary animals with imaginary valuations. So what happened?

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What is actually happening during a VC slowdown?

This is going to be BIG.

The public markets have been stumbling around lately, trying to figure out what China and oil prices mean for the rest of the world economy. Fear, not surprisingly, weighs markets down. Now that they have to go back into the market next year to pitch their own fund, they're going to have to answer some tough questions about valuations.

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Market Truths

thebarefootvc

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved.

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Market Truths

thebarefootvc

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved.

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Market Truths

thebarefootvc

On the heels of macroeconomic data that showed strong fundamentals in the US, along with overtures from China to slow its downturn, the Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 3.9% As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

I have been talking about my concerns about valuations for the past couple of years because, well, they’ve been rising very rapidly the past two years! ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” Do Investors WANT Valuations to Drop? The Motive for Speaking Up.

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London and Tel Aviv unicorn alumni produce most startups

VC Cafe

On a high level, the report found that “ of the more than 300 VC-backed unicorns in the region, 203 have fuelled more than 1,000 (1,018) new tech-enabled startups, with former employees becoming founders “ In terms of hubs, UK and Israel have produced the highest numbers of unicorns outside of US and China.

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