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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). 50x more Internet users (2.4 The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. The Exit Problem.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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Grubhub and Seamless: Effecting The Elusive Private-Private Merger

abovethecrowd.com

As Benchmark is a large institutional investor in Grubhub, we were actively involved in the merger process, and we are quite excited about the potential of the two companies coming together. Finding a way to meld two complex capital structures is non-trivial, and may require compromise from many parties involved.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites.

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What Is NextView’s Focus? Another Stroll Through Our Portfolio

Rob Go

We almost always invest in the first round of institutional capital for these companies, in rounds that range from approximately $500K – $2M. Sectorwise, we focus on internet-driven innovation and believe that we are currently straddling two converging technology waves. See my recent blog post here for more detail.

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Israeli Government Reveals High Tech “Bail Out” Plan to Boost the Technology Sector

VC Cafe

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The proposal will enable investors in startups to receive tax write-offs on investments for high-tech companies who spend at least 70% of their salaries in Israel. Today, most of the LPs for Israeli funds are foreign investors.