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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

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The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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Q316 State of Venture Capital Update With Cooley

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It continues to be highly dependent on company, stage, and location. At the early stages, raising the first $2m tends to be straightforward in most geographies that have meaningful startup communities. Since we are early stage investors, it simply doesn’t matter if we are a short term bull or bear.

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TechStars Boston Applications Are Heating Up

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Even more excitingly, they are covering a wide range of companies – some deep tech, social media, health care informatics, robotics, and ecommerce. I just got a note that we’ve already gotten more applications this year than we had last year.

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What’s Happening Today That No One Sees?

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Early stage and seed capital was extremely difficult to find. The climax happens in 2008 and the denouement continues on until 2011. So, from a history window perspective, the time frame landed directly on my boundary. My partners and I hadn’t yet created Foundry Group. Techstars didn’t exist.