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Now Any Accredited Investor Can Invest in Texas Startups with Capital Factory and AngelList

Austin Startup

Joe Lonsdale relocates 8VC and Jim Breyer relocates Breyer Capital. A “who’s who” list of Silicon Valley leaders moving to ATX This shift did not happen overnight?—?it Thousands of entrepreneurs, programmers and designers gather day and night, in-person and online for meetups, classes and coworking.

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Q3 2012 VC Fundraising Data and Conclusions

ithacaVC

If one considers NEA a Silicon Valley firm (I know they are headquartered in Baltimore but they have a very large and successful west coast practice), the top five funds raised are in San Francisco and represented 55% of the capital raised. The average size of fund raised in 3Q12 was $94M, although the median was $160M.

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Chronic Under-financing of EU Start-ups Driven by Mindset

Babbling VC

I've read and written about it many times but I think there is one thing which is never loudly spoken about when comparing the EU to Silicon Valley (or the US in general). You could say the entrepreneurs aren't thinking big enough and hence aren't selling a vision worth financing with larger rounds.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. 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. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing.