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Book: King of Capital

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While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. 2006 was still the pits for venture capital, although a number of legendary companies (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) were in their early phases of getting started.

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Avalon Ventures Raises A New $200 Million Fund And Gets A New Website

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Congrats to my friends at Avalon Ventures on raising their new $200 million fund. I’ve been friends with and co-invested with Rich Levandov , one of Avalon’s partners, since the mid-1990′s, most recently in Standing Cloud , Zynga , and NewsGator.

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Hangout On Air With Me and David Cohen on Wed 11/13/13

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This came out of a series of interviews with Google recently where we explained why Foundry Group takes venture capital to the cloud with Google Apps and how Techstars assists tomorrow’s entrepreneurs with help from Google Apps. We’ll be talking about Techstars , Colorado, tech, and anything else that comes up.

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What Percentage of 2010 Seed Deals Won’t Raise The Next Round?

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There have been a number of thoughtful "early warning sign" posts in the past few days including one from Fred Wilson ( Storm Clouds ), one from Mark Suster ( What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common ), and Roger Ehrenberg ( Investing in a frenzied market ). Tags: Venture Capital angel seed VC.

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How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC

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But before Foundry Group, my partners and I were involved in many seed investments, both at Mobius Venture Capital. I’ll also follow this post with some examples, as I’ve got seven to choose from: AdMeld , Gnip , Lijit , Mandlebrot , Next Big Sound , Standing Cloud , and Trada. Million Round From Google Ventures.