Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

The awareness phase is where other later-stage investors start to notice the momentum, bringing additional money in and pushing prices higher. In December 2010, Youku—the YouTube of China —went public, with a valuation of $4.4 In May 2011, RenRen—the Facebook of China —had a first day valuation of $7.4 billion (on $76.5

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. In many ways this favors venture capital over other less patient or short-term forms of capital.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. There is an opportunity for LPs to pick the right Pre-Seed stage funds, but I certainly don’t envy their job as it’s not going to be an easy task.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 14, 2016

Through much of last year there was talk of a bubble in venture capital, particularly in late stage investments. Worse from a venture perspective is that GoPro and Fitbit have both seen huge falls in their share prices recently, adding concerns about exit potential in specific categories to fears about the market generally.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

If we leave interest rates it can be interpreted as a fear our economy will be weak and/or impacted by China. I’m not saying I’m not investing – just that I’m generally aware that the market does drive venture capital fundings and I’m very interested to see how September plays out.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 12, 2015

I define #PeakVC as the point in time when the maximum amount of $$s are entering the Venture Capital industry. That is because the venture capital industry operates in cycles. That increases the overall money supply coming in to venture. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in the Peak Oil theory or not.

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Jason Ball

FEBRUARY 16, 2008

I joined the Qualcomm Ventures Europe team earlier this month. Qualcomm, Inc ( NASDAQ: QCOM ) announced their European fund last May , in addition to Qualcomm Ventures in the US, China and India.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

While the seed capital gap has closed, there are still only a handful of venture capital firms here in NYC investing in the crucial Series A/B rounds. In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

A similar pattern exists for venture capital funding: In 2020, just three regions — the Bay Area, New York, and Massachusetts — accounted for 70%+ of total venture funding in the U.S. Venture capital. Silicon Valley didn’t create venture capital, and venture capital didn’t create Silicon Valley.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

R ecord Low for European Venture Deals; Investment in China Up 32%; Canada Ahead of 2009 Totals. 3, 2010) —Venture capitalists from around the world invested $7.8 Europe, Canada, Israel, Mainland China and India, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. Median Deal Sizes Up In All Venture Hubs.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2017

Recently Upfront Ventures published its outlook for the technology startup world and venture capital overall titled it “ WTF Happened to Winter ?” We are now publishing some of the VC survey data the report used and the results are clear — it’s a great time to be a startup raising venture capital.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Admit you have biases, like we all do, then recognize you need to put steps in place to overcome that – like start an NBA development league in China.” . We live in a radically transparent world, where you can easily zoom in on the investors with whom you have the highest likelihood of getting capital. Own your “anti-pattern”.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. China has simply become the factory. First, Venture Capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

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