Finance IPO Limited Partner Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more This is a structural shift in our industry few have talked about publicly.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Importantly, what does this all mean for startups?
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View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Over the last 10 years, we’ve been in a bull market with considerable froth in late stage financing activity and valuations. The trends described above in VC performance have an upstream effect on Limited Partners which is somewhat counter-intuitive. This would suggest that TVPI would be performing well. LP Constraints.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2014
In the old days there weren’t many fights about whether angels would take their prorata rights in financing rounds. People all across the value chain have taken notice including Limited Partners who are the people who invest in VC funds in the first place. Fundraising / Negotiations Startup Lessons VC Industry'
David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. Some of the VC fund’s own limited partners will typically invest in a SPV, plus the platform’s members can contribute additional capital. . For more, see the Startup Studio Playbook.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%
Steve Blank
JULY 15, 2010
The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. Startup lifecycle in an IPO Market. Here’s why. Free At Last.
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