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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). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).

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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights

Both Sides of the Table

Prorata investments rights given investors the right to invest in your future fund-raising rounds and maintain their ownership % in your company as your company grows and raises more capital. 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.

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Reinventing the SPAC

Reid Hoffman

.” SPACs, which are sometimes referred to as blank check companies, are entities that go public and raise money from investors so that the IPO proceeds can be used to invest in and acquire companies. The reason I think SPACs are hot right now is the lack of innovation in the IPO process. In 2014, SPACs raised $1.8

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1. The Market rebound – Let’s face it, just as investor sentiment is unnecessary shaken when the markets dive it also becomes overly optimistic when markets bounce.

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our journey to an oversubscribed fund iii for first check enterprise

BeyondVC

We each independently fell in love with enterprise software 20+ years ago as seed investors (cos like gotomeeting/Citrix, greenplum/EMC, livperson/IPO LPSN) and founders (workmarket, onforce/Adecco, spinback/buddymedia/salesf0rce) and are now benefiting from the ecosystems, knowledge and network that we’ve collectively developed.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!, and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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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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