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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. However, in a FOLD environment, it’s likely that the pendulum will swing the other way.

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How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?

Both Sides of the Table

Are you beating up every Silicon Valley VC that didn’t do Facebook or Google or Uber early? We felt proud to be the lead investor in Maker Studios at a sub $5 million valuation. But local VCs don’t deserve to get beat up for not investing. Because that would a very long and bitchy article I’m sure.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business. If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing.

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. They don’t mind being the lead investor on deals that they seeded. I like the way he thinks.

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Kernel column: Falling share prices at leading tech companies don’t mean the end of the world

The Equity Kicker

This comes on top of a lot of other negative news, including leading investors selling shares in the companies above at minimal profits, and CalPERS, traditionally one of the largest investors in venture capital, announcing that they have made a terrible 0.0 per cent return on venture over the last ten years.

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. This brought in a new set of prospective investors and required a lower investment from the lead investor as our existing investors were committed and on board. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.