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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. …But LPs Have Been Putting Out More Money Than They Are Getting Back. That’s money that fuels our startup ecosystems.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

At the other end of the spectrum large funds have gotten even larger in the past few years which has massively increased the amount of consolidation in our industry as 66% of LP money into venture is now concentrated in late-stage or full-cycle VCs. Why is this? and the bigger funds can’t get in directly. 2007 was the watershed year.

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Why So Many Small Emerging Managers Don’t Use Placement Agents

David Teten

It would make life a lot easier for emerging managers if they could outsource the entire fundraising process. Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. There are eight main reasons why so many small emerging managers do not work with placement agents: Economics. .

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. In ad tech there’s Seth Levine at Foundry Group and both Dana Settle & Ian Sigelow at Greycroft. ” What he meant was that since your scarcest resource as a manager or sales rep is your time you need to qualify better.

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

Panel 1: Creating The Right Deal Flow — Creating & Managing Sustainable, Replicable Strategies. Question : How do generalist PE funds differentiate and get in the advisers list? Question : How do PE funds differentiate in the LOI phase? Benchmark yourself to overall market activity. Question : How are you organized?

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Technology Poverty – Every revolution has its downsides – those who miss out. Technology is bringing about a new form of poverty to those who don’t have equal access to it. The technology minimums are changing quickly. The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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