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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

At the time, I spent most of my time describing the metrics themselves and how VCs and their LPs evaluate performance based on these measurements. If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. nearly the same as 2007. and DPI was 1.68.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. ▼ 2011. (2). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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[Review] YOUtility

YoungUpstarts

In fact, shoppers in 2011 need 10.4 Here, consumption metrics (eg downloads, views), advocacy and sharing metrics (shares, likes, retweets), lead-generation metrics (filling up an online form), and sales metrics come into play. pieces of information before making a purchase – a doubling of the 5.3

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007. I raised my A round at a $31.5

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 2011. (2). ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Thursday, December 28, 2006. Being a San Francisco-Menlo Park commuter, I spend an average of 90mn per day on the road. software. (10).

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage.

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