Paul G. Silva
MARCH 25, 2025
Facing Reality Just in Time: The River Valley Investors Story After running the River Valley Investors (RVI) angel group for 15 years, I watched as attendance dwindled and investment activity slowed to concerning levels. The organization was rapidly declining and close to not having enough members to run effective meetings.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 2, 2023
The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.
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This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 30, 2015
Those companies would have not only returned any fund that invested in them, but would likely return an entire career''s worth of investing over the course of several funds. Why invest at top dollar in the last round, when you can offer liquidity to early investors at a huge discount to the last round?
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 2, 2014
My godfather got me IBM stock right after that, so that''s how I knew that a stock market and investing existed. 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. So when did I really start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures? Well, I was born in 1979.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 21, 2011
I remember hearing that a New York City venture fund was raising money in 2004 and almost skipping the meeting, because New York wasn’t a viable place to deploy that much capital—it was a small blip in the past. I've heard that most new angels make 70% of their lifetime investments within the first year of starting to invest--i.e.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 11, 2014
I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
Matt’s commitment to re-investing in tech startups is reminiscent to this great Fred Wilson post of “recycling capital. &#. People want to invest in people they trust – once you’ve made money for someone you can always go back, and even get better pricing. Here’s a summary of our interview. That was a quick meeting!!
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