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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

Taking stock of the venture capital market in 2023, it’s clear to see that we’re in a transition point. Prices went up from round to round, and startups were encouraged to grow, grow, grow, and not to worry about profitability. The post How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023 appeared first on VC Cafe.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey Finds That, Yes, Valuations Are Up

ReadWriteStart

The law firm Fenwick & West LLP has released its Third Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. The survey looks at the valuations and the terms of financing for over 100 technology companies in Silicon Valley that reported raising capital in the third quarter of this year.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

Here are three pieces of advice that are tossed around Silicon Valley as if they are gospel, but they are really Startup Myths. I don’t know exactly when it happened but at some point, Silicon Valley became obsessed with the word billion. Myth #1: Build a Billion Dollar Company. It doesn’t always have to be alumni.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Order Here. Now In Print!

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

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There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun to talk about them. My wife worked at Google so while we had good income in Silicon Valley it’s hardly the life of luxury given the costs of housing. Answer: Not much. And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel.

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Changes in the Venture Capital Funding Environment

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In other words, it isn’t that VCs suddenly got smart, it’s that the costs of starting a company went down dramatically. Non VC Growth Rounds. The market eventually slowed down. If a company raised a big B and/or C round and needs more money the late stage guys have the bucks and that early-stage guys often don’t.