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| Page 1 of 3 | Previous | Next | | | A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY OCTOBER 13, 2011 What We Are Seeing The capital markets are finite at some level. The conventional wisdom is that 10-20% of venture funds produce 100% of the returns in the asset class. The one bright sign in LP land is that emerging managers (what USV was a few years ago) are getting more attention from LPs. Venture Capital and Technologyinstead. | | | | | |
| | | | FRED DESTIN MAY 13, 2012 The Singularity hits Venture Capital (Wilson/Kauffman Redux) I mean, really, who still wants to be a venture capitalist ? Last week, we first got a new "bombshell" Kauffman report calling LP's out as being co-dependents for the terrible performance of VC, fundamentally complicit of the mess we are in (read Felix Salmon or watch Deirdre Bolton with Harold Bradley , Kauffman's CIO). Shocker ! | JOHN FRANKEL JULY 10, 2011 Raising Capital for Venture Capital Funds and Bumblebees Venture Capital firms have to do this as well. Potential limited partners (or LP’s as we call them) come to the table with a set of beliefs that are, well, sometimes peculiar and rarely challenged – after all, the VC that is raising capital does not want to upset their potential investor. Investing Venture Capital | | | | | | | |
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FRED DESTIN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 The Great European Venture Capital Crisis
The exercise of drawing up target list of investors has been a depressing one, for the European venture landscape is starting to look extremely depleted. We have three clearly dominant firms based out of London, in the form of Accel Partners, Balderton Capital and Index Ventures. Venture Capital *Notable Europe MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Too Many Seed Investment Choices
We don’t expect anything for this other than a role as a typical LP, but we view it as increasing the seed ecosystem. Venture Capital Foundry Group seed investings strategyYesterday I sent emails out passing on participating in two seed rounds for companies I really like. First, some background. We’ve SEOMoz). MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011 Dear GP: Why Are You Blowing Me Off?
On my run today I was thinking about GP – LP interactions. didn’t know the person, but knew a few people who did, and quickly sent emails getting addition info for my LP. I was also able to get some specific one degree of separation feedback for my LP. tried to come up with a rationale for blowing off an LP. MORE >> -
FRED DESTIN | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Kauffman report : Broken VC, Guilty LPs, and the way forward
The notion is that insufficient focus on alignment of interest and sloppy performance measurement has led the majority of LP's down the garden path when it comes to actual performance. am going to focus on the way forward for LP's. If I was an LP I would spend most of my time doing two things: Entrepreneur referencing. MORE >> -
SECRET FORMULA | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013  The State of Cleantech Venture Capital: What Lies Ahead
In late 2011 I decided to write up an internal analysis I’d done at Venrock about the state of cleantech venture capital and make it available broadly. What’s happening to cleantech venture capital? Cleantech VC performance is substantially lagging venture capital as a whole. Philanthropic capital. MORE >>
- Beer Kegs and the Future of Venture Capital: What It Means for Entrepreneurs GENUINE VC | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011
- How Do VCs Mitigate Risk In Their Investment Portfolios? ASK THE VC | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2011
- Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3 BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
- 4 Questions and 4 Pressure Tests To Decipher A VC’s Interest In Your Company THINKING ABOUT THINKING | MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009
- Men on Mars : The Reinvention of Atlas Venture FRED DESTIN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
- Is there age bias in VC investing? SETH LEVINE'S VC ADVENTURE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011
- Some Thoughts On InvestorRank A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011
- If NYC is going to be a real innovation hub, we can't have our own senators supporting SOPA/PIPA THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
- Venture Capital: Practicing Blind Faith BABBLING VC | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011
- The Slowly Declining Relevance of the Venture “Fund” THINKING ABOUT THINKING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
- The State of Cleantech Venture Capital, Part 4: Parting Thoughts SECRET FORMULA | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011
- Venture Capital, Pitching, and Business Love FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
- Ending the Toll Roads to LP Fundraising THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
- Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund K9 VENTURES | THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
- The case for European venture THE EQUITY KICKER | FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013
- Careers in Tech Startups & Innovation: What will I learn? THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011
- Kernel column: The LP update meeting THE EQUITY KICKER | MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
- What I did on my summer vacation: The First LP Close ($3.5mm) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
- The perils of aiming too big too early THE EQUITY KICKER | MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012
- Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund K9 VENTURES | THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
- ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? PROFESSOR VC | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
- Why I’m excited about First Round’s investment in Salescrunch THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2011
- A Reduction of a Review of Venture Capital Research GROWTHOLOGY | THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012
- Who Is The Venture Capitalist’s Customer? THINKING ABOUT THINKING | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
- To Follow On or Not to Follow On THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
- is Start Fund a “smart” fund? STARTUPCFO | SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2011
- Independent Firms With Single Limited Partner Histories THINKING ABOUT THINKING | FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010
- Can VC’s Invest Across Two Funds? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010
- Interview with Mike Brown Jr. of AOL Ventures THE STARTUP LAWYER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011
- Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity DAVID TETEN | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
- Announcing K9 Ventures, L.P. – a seed stage fund K9 VENTURES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- Disrupting VC THEBAREFOOTVC | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
- To VC or Not to VC? GROWTHOLOGY | MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012
- What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010
- Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary) VC CAFE | TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
- Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary) VC CAFE | TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
- Chronic Under-financing of EU Start-ups Driven by Mindset BABBLING VC | FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011
- The "Fog of Uncertainty" MEDIA VC | SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2010
- Raouf: Should You Care About Your VC’s Investors? ASK THE VC | SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2011
- A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry GENUINE VC | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
- Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter AGILE VC | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012
- Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
- A brief history of your investors (and their investors) VENTURE HACKS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010
- Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%? ROB GO | MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012
- In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2013
- Return profile of VC investments shows why home runs are key THE EQUITY KICKER | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012
- Venture Capital 2.1 = Venture Capital 1.0 Redux, with a Twitter Account FRED DESTIN | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010
- When Bad News Is Actually Good News BABBLING VC | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
- Book: The Startup Game FELD THOUGHTS | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011
- Speed Is What You Need BABBLING VC | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
- Burnham's Beat: Why Convertible Debt Is A Sucker's Play BURNHAM'S BEAT | MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010
- Euro VC Scene: Be Careful What You Wish For BABBLING VC | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
- Company Math vs VC Math REDEYE VC | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
- The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 2] AGILE VC | THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
- The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet? AGILE VC | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
- Back from the Dark Side VENTURE CYCLIST | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
- Who's the Top Entrepreneur? Your Call. FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
- Why You Should be Raising Money NOW BABBLING VC | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
- The Biggest Round I've Seen in a LONG Time. GROWTHINK BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010
- The Early Exit GROWTHINK BLOG | SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010
- Gordon Gekko 2.0: Flipping is GOOD. (aka Memo to Jason Fried. 500 HATS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
- ProfessorVC: Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct PROFESSOR VC | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
- Burnham's Beat: Carried Interest Deal Cut, Let the Workarounds. BURNHAM'S BEAT | THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010
- PSA – So God Made a Venture Capitalist ITHACAVC | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
- Why Entrepreneurs Seem to Be Growing Fangs SEEING BOTH SIDES | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
- On Geography K9 VENTURES | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011
- On Geography K9 VENTURES | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011
- Report: Fewer VC Funds Raising More Money FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2012
- VCs are Down! VCs are Up! The Compression of Risk Capital Commitments GROWTHOLOGY | TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010
- When Do Private Equity Funds Have Standing to Assert Indemnification Claims? RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2011
- VCs in seed clothing: Chris Dixon, Mark Suster, and Naval Ravikant interviewed VENTURE HACKS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010
- Event Invitation: The London Business School 2011 Private Equity Conference VC CAFE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011
- The Rising Importance of Industry Operating Know-How RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011
- Happy Birthday, RTP Ventures PASSIONATE INTENSITY | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
- Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap VC CAFE | FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010
- Update on Carried Interest Legislation RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011
- 8 Entrepreneur-Politicians Who Mattered FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012
- What Is A Startup MARK BIRCH | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
- Burn Up, Fade Away, or Acquihire MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
- High Returns On A Small Fund Challenge Low Returns On A Big Fund DAVID TETEN | SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2013
- "Today’s LP environment remains committed to buying mostly the same products they’ve been." MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013
- OATV Fund III BRYCE DOT VC | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012
- CasaSiegel: Timeless learnings CASASIEGEL | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
- The Evolving Venture Capital Investing Model– NVCA Webinar PASCAL'S VIEW | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
- VC Governance FAQ: (1) How much information are limited partners (pensions, endowments, foundations, etc.) entitled to receive from a VC fund? PASCAL'S VIEW | MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
- VC Governance FAQ: (6) Are contract terms in partnership agreements shifting in favor of institutional Limited Partners? PASCAL'S VIEW | MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010
- VC Governance FAQ: (8) How can a limited partner exit from a VC fund? PASCAL'S VIEW | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010
- VC Governance FAQ: (10) Are limited partner defaults on capital commitments triggering a wave of lawsuits in the venture industry? PASCAL'S VIEW | FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010
- The Venture Spiral K9 VENTURES | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2008
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