Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Back to the panel.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? Google started and is still headquartered in Mountain View, but they opened an office in SF at the end of 2007.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Matomy - provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week. One of its platforms, Jivy Inside, will run as the casual games site for TF1 in France.

South Africa 89

South Africa Product Incubator 89