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Why Bitcoin can never be a global currency

Start Up Blog

The most common from HODL enthusiasts is that Bitcoin (and other cryptos) are a safeguard against increased government ‘printing’ of currencies, such as the USD and an eventual debasing of national government-backed currencies. will be government-backed cryptos – think US-Crypto or AU-Crypto.

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A new dawn for European VC

The Equity Kicker

It’s the biggest European gathering of venture capital fund managers, private equity fund managers and LPs, the institutions that invest in both types of funds. I remember vividly one year, I think it was 2012, when a placement agent (industry jargon for a broker that helps raise private equity and venture funds) had surveyed 83 LPs.

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New Book by Professor Mannie Manhong Liu and Pascal Levensohn– Venture Capital: Theory and Practice, published by the University of International Business and Economics Press, Beijing

Pascal's View

Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Mannie and I share a strong interest in research in the field of venture capital and private equity. The industry built slowly until a few years into the new century. that year, accounting for 67.9%

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

government dataset compiled by the U.S. v) “Since 1999, over 60% of IPOs have been VC-backed. Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing.

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Note to Gordon Gekko: 1985 is Gone For Good

Growthink Blog

market indices (Dow, S and P, NASDAQ) are trading lower today than they were in September 1999. And then there is the government. But I was shocked by the number of people who expressed incredulity regarding the note in my column last week that all major U.S. And many of them asked – does it portend a “Japan” situation for the U.S.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. STOIKY is his callsign. Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

My full answer to this question follows: Public companies with equity market capitalizations of less than $1 billion have been negatively impacted by these market changes—and within this group, companies with capitalizations of $500 million or less have suffered the most. Median age of a venture backed company hits 8.7 cents or 6.25

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