Genuine VC

JULY 22, 2012

In the past few weeks, we’ve seen extremely positive headlines about the surge in VC fundings like “ Venture Capital Hits Highest Level Since Dot-Com Bubble.” along “… with seed-round venture capital hit[ing] an all-time high ” [According to CB Insights ]. It must be the best of times for the industry with $8.1B

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Venture Capital Aggregator Portfolio Search 164

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

The CB Insights report specifically which came out just before the holidays put a bright light on the supply-demand imbalance of the seed-stage companies searching for Series A capital. The nuance which isn’t being recognized is that most of the companies of this latter profile, while viable businesses, aren’t venture-scale businesses.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Audience New York 166

Genuine VC

DECEMBER 17, 2012

However, it’s rare that a venture capitalist is going to point-blank admit that his pockets are empty. So if you’re meeting with a firm which has raised a new fund within the past three years, it’s pretty safe to say there is available capital for new investments.

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Venture Capital Conversion Search Entrepreneur 196

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

One of my first mentors in venture capital explained to me that the key role of a VC is to “aggregate talent.” Below, I’ll quickly explain the genesis of this initiative and share a few more key details. And what if we could then confidentially and personally connect both sides in a way that benefitted each?”

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Portfolio Startup Boston Seed Stage 100

Genuine VC

JULY 23, 2007

Being in the venture capital industry, I find that sometimes it is worthwhile to take a step back from the day-to-day to take a look at the large impending trends which are just beginning to affect us. We’re moving to a world where every web page, every device, every screen will be have some type of video content.

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Green Bandwidth Startup Venture Capital 100