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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000. Some precursors to the bubble happened when Chinese Internet companies listed on United States stock exchanges. billion at the end of the first day (on $58.9