Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors. These funds use a combination of cold-calling, travel, firm networks, paid expert networks, and technology to identify investment opportunities outside of their neighborhood.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

But back in 1999, a then very young Netflix based in Los Gatos with less than 20 employees, was on the edge of going bust. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. Kate is now a product leader at Shutterstock in New York City. So the team got to work.

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