Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In addition to reporting on the progress of our funds and the exciting stuff happening with the portfolio, we shared some thoughts on the broader market environment for VC’s and venture backed technology companies. But, looking further downstream, the later stage funding landscape has been incredibly robust.

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View from Seed

APRIL 7, 2015

For instance, one compelling thing about our former portfolio company Sunrise ( recently acquired by Microsoft ) is that the company actually never really had a website. That’s why early stage fundraising is about searching for true believers, not convincing skeptics.). Almost all VCs say they like to invest really early.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities. At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners. Each offers a different culture, resources and economic base.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. So the multiples paid by publics matter and when they drop, the late-stage markets drop, too. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

You can listen to the podcast here, or search for Greymatter Podcast in your podcatcher. I’ve encountered many of the different ways boards can interact under different circumstances, whether it’s problem executives, problem investors, CEO misbehavior, financing issues, business crises and more. WHAT DOES A BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO?

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

one company running out of cash and another with cash but searching for a business model). Often times those involve trading within a venture capital portfolio or between two venture firms portfolios. Like CPF, Kilowatt also provides solar financing services to consumers. Hope that changes in 2016.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The birth of modern-day venture capital (not considering the European monarchs financing explorations and projects as venture capital) can be traced back to American Research and Development, which was started by Georges Doriot. Institutional LPs typically diversify their portfolios by investing in multiple asset classes.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I also was fortunate to gain a lot of insight on this topic from Don Charlton, Founder/CEO, TheResumator *, a ffVC portfolio company. Your potential investors search for you on Google before doing business with you. For early-stage founders, I suggest AngelList and Crunchbase. ff Venture Capital portfolio company.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. Think Again.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

I have been thinking about the challenges of crossing the chasm - that is, taking a cutting-edge product and selling it successfully to the mainstream, not just early adopters who are more tolerant of less complete solutions - and the challenges of scaling in general as many of my portfolio companies are dealing with these issues.

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