VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As I recently shared in my post on the 32 Israeli Centaurs , the rare breed of SaaS companies that reached $100 million in ARR, there are now over 1,000 unicorns globally. 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. Eynat Guez, founder and CEO of Papaya Global. Stay optimistic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding globally is expected to grow from USD 1.41 Unreasonably high early valuations hurt the entrepreneurs, as well as professional investors, later when a second round becomes a down round or can’t be negotiated. Investors cannot verify accountability or governance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In fact, the latest figures show that crowdfunding globally is expected to reach $114 billion by 2021, exceeding the amounts contributed by either angel groups or VCs alone. Unreasonably high early valuations hurt the entrepreneurs, as well as professional investors, later when a second round becomes a down round or can’t be negotiated.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

That’s of course part of a global trend. On a global level, venture financing of private companies dropped 33% year over year, from a record $733B in 2021 to $490B in 2022. Down rounds, especially for growth stage companies, and bridge rounds galore. 2022 in Israeli tech and venture. ” Fred Wilson.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. Alexia Tsotsis: It’s grassroots versus trickle-down. Marc Andreessen: Versus trickle-down. Alexia Tsotsis: Are you seeing down rounds because the NASDAQ is down?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

If a valuation is too low, the founders become over-diluted over time and will struggle to do a later series A or B raise if they’re sitting at single digits – global venture capitalists (VCs) won’t touch this scenario. We think global from the outset. Appropriate governance. They love Kiwi entrepreneurs. We have to.

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