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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

Perhaps this is why the Kuwait Investment Authority put $165 million into Jawbone and Saudi’s PIF put $3.5 We estimate that the top 5 US tech firms have more than $500 billion in cash sitting abroad and if this is brought back to the US it is likely to increase: R&D expenditure, M&A deals and Venture Capital financings.

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Confessions of a Privileged White Male and Former Conservative

This is going to be BIG.

Kicking Saddam's ass out of Kuwait made us feel good and patriotic. I was way more "self made" than the Ivy Leaguers who went into finance. And, of course, it was cool having a strong military. Smart bombs were cool and I was all for paying for more of them.

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