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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). 50x more Internet users (2.4 Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). On the surface the narratives have been.

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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. The Funding Problem.

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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. Relevance: In 2011 (mentioned on page 18 if you view the presentation), Facebook only had 11% of the world’s internet users on on its platform – the figure was at 50% in North America.

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

During that time, we watched the first wave of mobile apps take off — Foursquare, GroupOn, Instagram, Twitter, etc. We were roommates at the time and launched two different companies out of a kind-of dumpy apartment: We both went on to raise millions in venture capital and build meaningful businesses in interesting spaces.

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When VCs Don’t B t You

Feld Thoughts

In addition to being an incredibly supportive investor in us from the beginning, this LP has become an extremely close friend. As I was walking home after dinner, I thought about the person who had introduced us to this LP. I remember a meeting with the Microsoft Mobile 6.0 Venture Capital fundraising VC'

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We’re hiring an analyst!

Version One Ventures

The analyst position is a two- to three-year role where you will learn about what the venture capital business is all about and get the chance to work with some interesting startups. Helping with reporting for our investors, including writing quarterly updates and preparing LP advisory board meetings. Good Excel modeling skills.

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The Paradox of VC Value-Add

Feld Thoughts

I remember a meeting with the Microsoft Mobile 6.0 team as they were pitching us their vision for Microsoft Mobile 6.5. A year or two later they had less than 3% market share on mobile. ” Second, I went through the scale up of the organizational VC firm in the late 1990s at Mobius Venture Capital.