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Why LP’s Passed on Seed Funds 10 Years Ago (And What’s Happened Since)

View from Seed

Our response was that we were motivated to focus on seed because 1) this is what we enjoy, care about, and are good at and 2) we’re going to make money on carried interest and this was the best way to get there. If there are venture capital history books, NextView will be a minor mention in the chapter about the 2011-2021 era.

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What’s the Difference? Venture Capitalist vs. Angel Investor

The Startup Magazine

The question of venture capitalist versus angel investor often arises. Venture capital and angel investments offer excellent options to startup businesses. Most venture capital firms focus on targeted sectors of the business world, such as software, or on a specific geographical area when entertaining possible investments.

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Pari Passu or F.U.little guy

Professor VC

Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. Angel Investors Silicon Valley term sheets venture financing venture capital'

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

Financing, that is.I One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. Most companies dont come close to their rose colored financial models prepared when going out for Series A financing. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing.

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The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet?

Agile VC

There are some obvious structural reasons why a shakeout in the venture capital industry takes a long time. The reality is that it wasn’t until the GEC (Global Economic Crisis, Great Recession, Credit Crunch, call it what you will) of late 2008 and early 2009 that the shakeout really began for venture capital.

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5 Signs You Need to Create Your Startup Sponsorship Program

Women Entrepreneurs Can

These folks are accessible across any industry and are particularly useful for entrepreneurs who have moved beyond the seed stage of financing, but don’t yet have the significant revenue needed to court venture capital funding. Solid Organizational Processes. Driving sponsorships for your startup is a numbers game.

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The Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

The business of venture capital is relatively young. The birth of modern-day venture capital (not considering the European monarchs financing explorations and projects as venture capital) can be traced back to American Research and Development, which was started by Georges Doriot.

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