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The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post.

Altgate

As everyone knows, what is being reported as dry powder isn’t real as many of those LP commitments would not survive a capital call (and thus capital calls aren’t being made). . “dry powder&# ) and $1.5 trillion of unrealized returns. Also, the $1.5

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

View Comments lk says: October 23, 2007 at 9:56 pm the co-founders of textworks just experienced getting shafted by a co-founder! Ryan says: October 24, 2007 at 7:00 am I’m sorry to hear about that. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. would you like to link to one another?

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. million for the year, which is the first time it has been below $5 million since 2001, a sign that capital efficiency will be even more important than it has. Total amount raised fell from $7.5 billion to $5.5 million and $4.2

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A Time for Change in Venture Capital

K9 Ventures

PrivateEquityOnline: Bankrupt WaMu Parent Defaults on Capital Call. The commitments to venture capital are therefore now a much higher percentage of their total portfolio than they originally started with. Deferred/Unmet Capital Calls : Portfolios have taken a beating in this market. NY Times Bits: I.P.O.