VC Cafe
JANUARY 29, 2024
Many startups extended runway, cut costs and took on painful down rounds or expensive debt to avoid raising in 2023. The rise of generative AI is expected to affect every vertical: health, education, fintech, gaming – creating opportunities for startups. company closures, bad M&A deals) before it gets better.
VC Cafe
MAY 18, 2022
Down rounds are coming. Multiples by vertical. While Q1 2022 looked normal, in venture, there’s a lagging effect in pricing, and deals that get announced in Q1 and even early Q2 2022 might have been signed in Q4 2021. Source: Pitchbook NVCA Venture Monitor. Justin Kahl, David George , A16Z. Look at the bright side.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.)
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