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European seed fund explosion – what does it mean?

The Equity Kicker

As you can see from the graphs below the number of seed funds is growing very fast whilst the number of later stage funds is flat. Chart 1: number of European funds investing in rounds of $1m and less (blue line) and number of countries receiving investment (green bars). There are two obvious take aways here.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been to his house and he did build a little putting green atop his patio deck in the hills above Brentwood that has spectacular views. His plans are still solidifying but will likely involve some later-stage activities in the eCommerce & retail sectors unrelated to early-stage venture capital.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

“This essay is dedicated to the great VC’s on my board who I am lucky to work with: Sameer Gandhi from Accel, Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed, and Kirsten Green from Forerunner. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders. However, enough on digital, so Sarah, please stop with the positive news- where will VC go to invest outside of net negative or zero ROI on green? next to nothing, charge? hmmm- Amazon S3=?

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

Apple simply would never allow this and the fact that I'm seriously considering dropping my Android phone even before my contract is up makes me think the little green robot's days are numbered unless Google takes some seriously bold action to fix this. Mobile Payment Disappointment.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. analyst (sit on butt and react to red light green light alerts all day). Then, forget everything else, VCs included, and just build. Its a big burden and very stressful.