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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? if you want to download the deck it’s here on SlideShare ) Why Did The Seed Market Emerge in the First Place?

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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

Genuine VC

It’s clear that despite the varied terminology (Super Angel, Micro VC, Seed Stage VC, Seed Firms, etc.), The capital deployment velocity is notably higher than a traditional 1-2 investment per partner per year. a new segment of the institutional venture market is emerging. That’s no secret.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more 2007 was the watershed year.

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

View from Seed

But in the grand scheme of things, 10 years is a blip, and one that had a continuous bull market in tech. What has happened is that over the last 10 years, the vast majority of successful startups have raised some sort of a seed round prior to a series A. In some ways, this feels like an eternity.

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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. And in order to increase our groups returns, one of our goals should be to get more people and man hours involved in the diligence process.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Partners leave the industry. VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc.