Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

In New York, for instance, there are now venture funds with a West Coast mentality and firms with an East Coast mentality; the same is true for firms in San Francisco. Will a financial crisis affect how venture funds deploy capital? The biggest question for a venture firm is whether LPs will fail to make capital calls in a crisis. “It

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

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.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

How did the experience of pitching Iron Planet to investors affect you as a VC? (5:00 In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. 5:00 – 5:55). How did you get into VC? (9:30

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic. We were based in London.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Instead of going into a pitch meeting hoping to eke out favorable terms, Rafaeli advises entrepreneurs to interrogate investors with direct questions about liquidity, exit expectations and how they intend to add value over time. “The best working relationships are those built on an equitable footing with honesty and clarity.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Jedox got its start way back in 2002, and in a way is a very typical European startup story. I’ve heard more than one tech person complain about how a lot of what is pitched and peddled as AI is not really that. Insight Partners, Precursor Ventures join Hustle Fund in raising new fund money.

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