Feld Thoughts
MARCH 27, 2018
Now that we are 13 years into the accelerator journey, an accelerator is a well-established construct that is part of the global startup ecosystem. I was asked if any existed the other day by an LP, so following is a list of papers I am familiar with. They have evolved over the years, and many new approaches have been taken.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2017
by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. This is a major issue and the role of data analytics will continue to expand as per a January article from Global Banking and Finance Review which cited that the world’s top investment banks were fined a total $43 billion over the last seven years for failures in customer reporting.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
At the other end of the spectrum large funds have gotten even larger in the past few years which has massively increased the amount of consolidation in our industry as 66% of LP money into venture is now concentrated in late-stage or full-cycle VCs. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more Why is this?
Austin Startup
AUGUST 10, 2017
Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug. We were infatuated with tech.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. Rob is one of the most driven and successful CEOs I work with. In his tenure as CEO of DataSift we have never missed a monthly revenue figure.
Babbling VC
OCTOBER 3, 2011
For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. If you see the new funds which have recently been launched you can tell the LP's are putting their money with former entrepreneurs.
Haystack
JUNE 1, 2018
Perhaps because of this success and the unique elbow grease they supply to their portfolio, it was shocking to many to see that one of the storied seed franchises would contract, become its own sole LP, and scale back its operations. Some established VC brands are rumored to be cutting back their LPs a bit to keep money in-house.
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