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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

Until you realize that vetting and helping companies is actually really hard--or did you not notice all the news that venture capital as an asset class doesn't beat the market. Who wouldn't want in on the next Union Square Ventures or First Round Capital funds? At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc.

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Stacklet raises $18M for its cloud governance platform

TechCrunch

The round was led by Addition, with participation from Foundation Capital and new individual investor Liam Randall , who is joining the company as VP of business development. Addition and Foundation Capital also invested in Stacklet’s seed round, which the company announced last August.

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How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years

Y Combinator

In 2005, when Y Combinator started, there was already a well developed ecosystem of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston. But access to those venture capital firms was limited. The startup is typically incubated out of the VC’s offices. How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now.

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Do you agree with “Fail fast?”

Berkonomics

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed by you and by your board and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. Reduce further expenditures of remaining capital and protect the assets purchased with the original investment.

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Fail fast!

Berkonomics

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. My favorite story of a fast failure was of a technology incubator started in the year 2000 with optimistic money from a number of angel investments, including mine.

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8 factors to consider when fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. The tightening of the public markets essentially has a domino effect that ultimately makes it harder for startups at any stage to secure capital. This ultimately leads to more frugal post-funding strategies.