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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). Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.”

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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.

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Reversing Unintended Consequences From Regulation is Critical to Restoring Small Company IPO’s

Pascal's View

In Silicon Valley, Boston, Austin, and other innovation centers across the country, entrepreneurs and their backers (who are not limited to venture capitalists) are all keenly aware that Washington’s addiction to enacting hasty, one-size-fits–all financial regulation will continue to have far-reaching unintended negative consequences for the U.S.

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. And all of the investors trot out explanations of “why—this time—everything is different&#. The Linked-in IPO valued the company at $8.9

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Starting up down under: The guide to Australia’s growing startup scene

The Next Web

The story struck me as significant for three reasons – firstly, because Freelancer founder Matt Barrie had been very public leading up to the IPO about wanting to list in Australia over both London and NASDAQ. Finally, that this was not the first highly successful tech IPO in Australia in 2013 with OzForex raising AUD $439.4

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. The second panel will focus on collaborative investing in non-public alternative investments (private equity, venture capital, receivables, etc.). .

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . Of the 43 U.S.