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The Trouble with Venture Capital Data

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There aren't many people who get the chance to analyze venture capital fund return data. Sounds like a huge amount, but only later does he say that only " 476 funds which had known Net IRR values, the overwhelming majority of which were from vintage 2002, or more recently." Companies take a long time to exit--often 5-9 years.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. Tell us more about Highland Capital (14:30 – 16:30).

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How Venture Funding For Early-Stage Startups Will Change During the COVID-19 Crisis

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Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital. During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. Will a financial crisis affect how venture funds deploy capital?

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After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation

TechCrunch

Most companies don’t announce their first venture investment after almost 20 years in the business, nor do they announce that round is the equivalent of a good startup’s entire private fundraising history. CEO Adam Schwartz founded the company with his life savings in 2002 and hasn’t taken a dime of outside investment since.

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Because the Domain Makes it Really Real

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It''s kind of a funny answer to "When did you start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures?". So when did I really start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures? I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001. I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I guess that makes USV, Spark Capital, Foundry Group, Accel, Benchmark, Revolution (along with several others) pretty happy right now. source: Capital IQ.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. If the VC your talking to raised its last fund in 2002 then they likely don’t have much fire power for new investments. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry. Why does vintage matter to you?

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