Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Every year I try to answer the question of “what has changed in the Venture Capital industry” and this year my colleague Chang Xu and I took a deep dive through the data and called many of our peers for confirmation. If you want the whole deck you can find it on SlideShare but I’ve written up a short summary with commentary below.

Venture Capital 292

Venture Capital IPO Mezzanine Early Stage 292

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Pre-Seed Funding 2. Seed Funding 3. Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. With seed funding, you hope to grow your business and, at the very least, gain proof of concept. Series C, D, etc.

Equity 88

Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. However, I still see multi-million dollar investments in startups that seem to make no damn sense.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62